Learned manual in this car after driving autos all my life. Having a good understanding of the mechanics on how the clutch and transmission work I was scared to death of slipping the clutch too much. I would try to be overly gentle in my clutch to gas transition and ended up not revving the car enough, so I stalled and stalled and stalled for weeks taking off from stop lights.
Read some good threads here
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=265572
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380475
Look at some online vids:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBxtYWKdjo"]How to Drive Stick Shift and Rev Match in a BRZ! - YouTube[/ame]
Practice taking off from hills:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJoDghq91M"]How to Drive a Manual - (Hill Starts) - YouTube[/ame]
But the only real help is to drive and drive. It took me about a week of practicing around the block before I dared to go all the way back and forth from work. Then about two months until I stopped stalling randomly at stop lights or taking off very slowly. But to upshift and downshift smoothly it took me about 4 months. Even now after 9 months there are some things here and there that I mess up a bit, but I just love this car and the fact I got it manual.