Play many 9x9 games; play against the program Igowin: it can beat dan players. Keep playing 9x9 and 13x13 games until you are 8 to 10 kyu in strength.
Play on 19x19 games and study fuseki theory -- how to play the opening. Start to study joseki, but do not memorize them; understand the principles behind joseki.
Replay professional games. I am a fan of Shusaku (the book Invincible is a must read for any serious Western player). Don't simply click through games on the computer. Get a set of stones and a board. Play through the games. Get a feeling for the moves. Try to understand the strategies.
Once you get to 4 kyu, study tsume-go problems (http://senseis.xmp.net/?Tsumego). Start with problems around the 6 kyu level. Keep studying the same problems over-and-over until you can solve them in milliseconds. Then move up to 4 kyu problems. Repeat. Keep doing this until you become a dan player. If you study 1 hour of tsume-go every day like this, you might reach 5 dan in about four months.
As soon as you can, if you can afford it, take private lessons with professional players. KGS has many.
Play on 19x19 games and study fuseki theory -- how to play the opening. Start to study joseki, but do not memorize them; understand the principles behind joseki.
Replay professional games. I am a fan of Shusaku (the book Invincible is a must read for any serious Western player). Don't simply click through games on the computer. Get a set of stones and a board. Play through the games. Get a feeling for the moves. Try to understand the strategies.
Once you get to 4 kyu, study tsume-go problems (http://senseis.xmp.net/?Tsumego). Start with problems around the 6 kyu level. Keep studying the same problems over-and-over until you can solve them in milliseconds. Then move up to 4 kyu problems. Repeat. Keep doing this until you become a dan player. If you study 1 hour of tsume-go every day like this, you might reach 5 dan in about four months.
As soon as you can, if you can afford it, take private lessons with professional players. KGS has many.