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A lot of excellent advice. Let me touch on a couple of things, somewhat mentioned, and expand.
A videotape is your best improvement tool. The mirror at home for practice is great, and I recommend it, but it won't catch you in action moving around. You will see yourself and simultaneously wonder who that is you are watching, as what you THINK you are doing and what you are doing are often two different things. However, with that said, good signal mechanics can be worked on at home, and you don't necessarily need the video to be good at that. What the tape will offer you is a look at positioning, initial mechanics on calls, etc. and you will see what you like and what you don't like and change accordingly.
I'm not saying tape every game, unless you can do that and want to do that (if I were still doing hoops I would have all my games taped, but I understand that is a real chore). Several a year, to the extent you can have that done, will be a great teaching aid.
The other thing that isn't emphasized for young officials enough is handling the coaches and fans. The first and ONLY rule with fans is to ignore them. If there is a situation (e.g. threats of violence or totally outrageous behavior), it isn't your job to deal with it. Have the game admin deal with it, and tell him/her exactly what need to be done (i.e. "Remove the fan from the gym").
As far as coaches, my advice is to not get into the habits of giving warnings. A coach, just like a child with a parent, will push you as far as he or she thinks they can get away with (and then some) and if you keep saying "if you do that again, I will..." Answer the questions if they ask, but don't argue or try to convince them. "Coach, I judged the contact as incidental, that's why there was no foul called," and then walk away. Don't tolerate illegal behavior -- deal with it. But don't grow rabbit ears either. A coach on the sideline mouthing to his assistant doesn't bother me in the least. As a coach yourself, I'm sure you know that the thing you hated most was to be ignored when you are griping about something. But that's exactly what needs to be done.
Finally, support your partner. I got into the habit, especially when working with younger officials, of saying in front of the coaches or players, "good call, Joe" or something similar. It gave you the appearance of working strongly together and gave the coach second thoughts about getting on your partner.
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