r/typing

i don't know whatever i do i am stuck at 35wpm now seeking some advice to make it faster and i want to use your experience

i want to make my type speed at least 60wpm and i don't know what to do how much in the day should i train and what methods are to gain speed and is there any method for typing that is faster

guys plz help i am coding like freaking turtle and i need help

your help means a lot to me

thank you

Guys i have just started to learn touch typeing, first i used to type with 1-2 fingers max both hands and randomly

I am currently using keybr and am at o, i was getting average of 40-45 wpm till t

But my major problem is unlike what people say i cant make sure my pointer fingers land back at f and j, infact they actually never do i am unable to do them

Opposite of that my last fingers rest at a and L respectively and that is where i am able to estimate position of keys without looking, if i pick them up i can't find keys near the end rows

But problem with resting them there is that i misclick those alot while reaching out for other keys, they get clicked by slightest of pressure

Anyone who faced the same issue? Any tips to improve on this? Any help will be appreciated 🙏🏻

Normally i type with around 5-6 fingers, and it is around 90 - 100 wpm, which is good enough for me. I don't use the hunt and peck method, instead i memorise all the keyboards but only some of my fingers type, travelling all across the keyboard. is that ok and should i learn to type with 10 fingers?

i get 80wpm by using my index fingers only

Worked my way up to 89 PB this time round but pretty much hit a wall. Slowing everything back down and working on perfect accuracy for a while. Not sure if it will help but trying to get faster by going faster hit a wall so I am going to try a month or two of no typing errors allowed. Maybe this will clean me up enough to move another 5 or 10 wpm up the food chain. Not sure but at least I am trying something different and it is forcing me to adapt.

I'm finding that my left thumb has been getting tired the more typing practice I do, and so I've started switching over to my right thumb here and there. But I wonder whether it's worth learning to switch thumbs depending on the key, the same way you switch Shift keys depending on which hand it's easier for. What do you folks do?

Edit: This was interesting to read; thanks everyone. It seems like there are definitely some people out there who are used to switching between thumbs depending on which finger they used last; as u/BigGuyForYou_ mentioned it sounds difficult to get into but I think I'm going to try it out!

Hiya! Growing up, my typing classes always ended the '.' with needing two spaces before needing to continue the next sentence.

Recently, I was curious as to how fast I can be and jumped into a couple typing-test sites I found online! I found I was being 'dinged' when I hit two spaces, and this had me confused. Is typing two spaces no longer necessary? ^^;

Grew up with computers, so I never really thought about how I type. I always can tell that the shift key significantly slows down my typing speed. Are there any tricks related to using the shift key easier? Such as when you capitalize something or use an exclamation point.

Current WPM around 70~

Ive been typing kinda wild style with just my right thumb on space, and only using the index and middle fingers on both my hands to type. Maybe ring finger's to reach a ;:'",./ or so and pinkie for enter.

I don't need to look down at the keys when I am typing most of the time BUT ONLY because of muscle memory, not because I know where the keys are. and Ive been stuck at around 70-90WPM 70-80% accuracy for so long, I can get up to 120wpm but thats only on a few words or phrases that I know really well and my fingers just know where to go like walking.

I really want to get a clean, accurate 100WPM+ preferably last month. But unlearning years and years of typing is tough.

Any ideas?

I'm currently averaging 120 - 130 WPM with punctuation (with 150 - 165 WPM average raw speed), and I'm wanting to know what I should do to be over 150 WPM.

Hi everyone,

I'd like to introduce touch typing to my two daughters (9 and 13). They're both at an age where they'll need to type more for school assignments, and I want to set them up with good habits from the start.

I'm looking for:

• Free online resources or websites (preferably ad-free or kid-friendly)
• Any tips on how to structure practice — how many minutes a day? How many weeks/months until they get comfortable?
• Experiences from other parents or teachers — what worked for you? What didn't?

I'm not looking for them to become speed demons, just to build a solid foundation and proper finger placement so they don't develop bad habits.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations! 🙏