Pinball 101 will teach you a lot of the tips and tricks. Like cradling, passing, catching and etc... just about everything you need to do to start getting control over the ball.

I watch those a lot and then go over to a pin and fire off a 4 player game and practice. For bounce passes and etc. just play a couple games with one flipper and so what if you lose the ball a lot it's free play but letting the ball bounce pass will help with the tendency to flip when you shouldn't and then play a couple more games with the other flipper. That is just a couple small things I do when I practice. I go in playing some games knowing I don't care about the modes and objectives just play around post passing and alley passes and try to get multiball just so I can try newtons cradle and practice more cradle separation techniques.

Good luck and have fun