First of all congratulations! It's certainly an interesting subject to study and opens up lots of different possibilities for future employment.
How far into the course are you? As was mentioned to me when I began my studies, it's really really important to get a good grasp of the anatomy and physiology, maybe more so the anatomy initially- muscles and bones. I have found this invaluable when trying to understand a client's current symptoms, for example, what muscles might be tighter because of occupation/ activities and what impact this has on surrounding muscles, joints and their emotional health too.
So I'd say:
1. Get the muscles down! Find out what kind of learner you are eg. visual/ kinesthetic etc. find a study technique that works for you. I made flashcards, practiced locating them on a skeleton, practiced locating them on a real person and spoke out loud. Little and often works for me (and I am still having to go over them now!)
Trail Guide to the Body by Biel is great and is even used on my Osteopathy degree.
Netter's Colouring Book is good if you are a visual learner.
2. Practice as much as you can. I do massage swaps with a local massage student as he wanted to get some experience, and he informed me that he was waiting until he was better at doing massage before practicing on any of his friends.... bad move IMO. It is definitely a skill that has to be developed, even after three years I am still finding my feet (hands)
and it was only practicing, practicing and more practicing and receiving constructive criticism that helped me improve. If you are short of willing guinea pigs, I put a post up on my facebook asking for volunteers for free massages (obviously exercise this with caution- at the time I just had friends of friends on facebook- don't go to random people's houses etc), but it's a good way to get your practice in.
3. Stick with it when times get tough (which they may do). I got a bit hung up and felt pretty rubbish about not being able to do it perfectly straight away... If I could go back and give myself some advice it would be: it is a constantly evolving process, feedback may hurt self-esteem initially, but is a JEWEL, if you reflect on your practice, are truly open to feedback and willing to grow- you will improve.
4. Look into fascia when you have gotten over the hurdle of muscles
it's super interesting and one BIG piece of the puzzle for alot of people, in my experience anyway.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts for now, were there any specific questions you had?
Added: what also helped me was receiving massages from a variety of local practitioners to find out what I liked, didn't like etc. Such as rolfing, holistic massage, hot stone, sports massage. Everyone works differently and it can also give you ideas for further training you might like to undertake.