Avoid These 10 Common Mistakes and Boost Your Speed

Avoid These 10 Common Mistakes and Boost Your Speed | Typing

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@nicholash8021 8 ай бұрын

This advice is SPOT ON. I learned to touch type in the 80's in high school and it was the best investment I had ever made for my career. I don't look at the keyboard ever when I type. In fact, some of my keyboards don't have any writing on the keys. If you are constantly looking back-and-forth between the screen and keyboard, you'll have a lot of stress and strain and it will be harder to focus. Even worse, if you're not looking at the screen when you type, you may inadvertently make some serious mistakes. As a software engineer, looking at my code as I type is crucial for my focus.

@lahikahmed9253 6 ай бұрын

Today I reached 103 wpm with 100% accuracy in 15 sec test in monkeytype, this took me more than a year to achieve this

@heranalemayehu 3 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉🎉

@lahikahmed9253 3 ай бұрын

@@heranalemayehu Thanks bro. Still progressing👍

@factipakistan7568 2 ай бұрын

Exercise time in how many hours?

@lahikahmed9253 2 ай бұрын

@@factipakistan7568 I don't remember exactly. Last time I saw it was like 36+ hours

@Dbkrasmr 2 ай бұрын

Damn bro 🫡

@temmyjane Жыл бұрын

Focus on accuracy and the speed will follow. I like that. My Coursemate is focused on speed and when she types, she hits the keyboard aggressively and it makes nasty noise.😅

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

Haha, she sounds like an aggressive typer! How is her accuracy? As accuracy improves, speed will naturally come without thinking about it too much.

@temmyjane Жыл бұрын

@@AnsonAlexander I don't really know how good her accuracy is. She disturbs the class with her aggressive typing 😂. I'm still learning how to type but I don't know how to quickly go back to the home row after typing. I shared your typing chat with some of my Coursemates. Such a nice chat. You're so good Alex. Thanks

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks Temmy! I plan on updating some of the practice materials on AnsonAlex.com in the near future to be more complete and to recommend certain training websites once all the keys have been learned. I honestly remember being a bit of a loud typist myself and, one thing I would say, is that it is a lot of stress and pressure on the fingers and, after typing quite a bit, I would imagine the fingers may hurt a bit when pressing so hard on the keys. It's definitely not uncommon though and will maybe be something that I'll address with future content. Again, thanks for stopping by and engaging with the content. It's great that you're motivated to learn how to type - it will help you so much with future opportunities!

@temmyjane Жыл бұрын

@@AnsonAlexander Thanks. I'll try to practice everyday

@User99-e1c 8 ай бұрын

@@AnsonAlexanderi think your Mobile typing is also very fast 😂

@markm1565 4 ай бұрын

Very very helpful advice! I'm learning how to touch type on Typing Club. I have been a two-finger typist all my life and I am 62. On Day 1 of touch typing my speed was 9wp. Sixteen days later it is averaging 16wpm. Early days. 😊

@SSss-fn2ox Ай бұрын

I have reached 49wpm in 1 week it's very good website to learn❤

@subhransusekharswain4202 Ай бұрын

My journey also started here

@contemporarilyancient 11 ай бұрын

Follow the man's advice seriously. In the beginning, I focused too heavily. Once my speed plateaued at 40 WPM, them I actually started learning to type efficiently and accurately. I wasted literal weeks trying to type fastly with that method, now the muscle memory is really corrupted, but I would be properly relearning it soon enough.

@facundotiede 8 ай бұрын

and? you learn to type in the correct form?

@SupratikSaha-fn6pf 2 ай бұрын

Focusing on accuracy is helping me a lot. My speed has increased from 12 wpm to 27 wpm within 3 weeks with 98% accuracy.

@pubgforever2651 Күн бұрын

Hopefully you have reached the speed above 40wpm i am sure 😁👊

@GoWithAndy-cp8tz 8 ай бұрын

The video was very informative for me and clearly convey what to avoid and what to focus on. I really recommend to watch this from time to time to review if our habits are correct and recall what it should be like. Cheers!

@shantelbangtan1765 8 ай бұрын

Avoiding the very first mistake is what has boosted my typing speed a lot. I also like avoiding mistake number 10. I have fixed mistake number eight of using the incorrect finger positions and that as helped out as well. Mistake number 9 is the worst mistake of all.

@Typical_3zez 2 ай бұрын

I just started learning how to type faster and this video just helped me avoid like millions of mistakes , without this video I will definitely be making most of the mistakes that u mentioned , THANK YOUUUUU .

@AnsonAlexander 2 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@nicholash8021 8 ай бұрын

Resetting or ruining your muscle memory by constantly typing badly is SO true. It only teaches you to remember how to type badly even more. It's amazing how much better you can type with a bit more focus on accuracy vs speed. Learning the shortcuts to correct are also very useful. Ctrl+backspace to delete the entire word to the left so you can just retype it is a good example.

@zhenarm23 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips! Very encouraging! Looks like I'm doing almost everything right besides the keyboard.

@AnsonAlexander 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad to help! Sounds like you're at the stage where you just need to put in the time and you'll be off!

@okaniedavis3551 Ай бұрын

This is the most helpful video out here I've seen.

@AnsonAlexander Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@heatherprincipe8537 10 ай бұрын

I'm onboard with everything you said Mr. Anson and Grateful for providing instruction and information wonderfully. I just won't have the keyboard you recommend but will start with a detached regular/standard keyboard from computer which I feel is much better than any laptop keyboard. That's what I have right now.

@motavice3499 9 ай бұрын

How are you at typing so far?

@wagfinpis 8 ай бұрын

His very practical training considerations have helped me significantly. I have dyslexia and boy is it tough when most people will confidently laugh at their selves for typing 40wpm, after spending 10 minutes learning to touch-type, while for me 40wpm is my most optimistic aspersion. LOL!!! I am occasionally getting 30wpm on some of my easier typing app exercises. 5 months ago my original hunt and peck speed was 18wpm and after a month my touch typing was up to around the same.

@AnsonAlexander 8 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing that, I'm happy to hear that I've helped you increase your speed. Do you have any tips for anyone else with dyslexia that may help them learn to type more easily? What do you find the biggest challenge is?

@wagfinpis 8 ай бұрын

@AnsonAlexander I am enjoying learning typing and I feel like this is key to getting the multi-dimensional benefits of repetition. There are so many details and nuances to continually revisit and refine... Greatest challenge? Dyslexia has different stigmas that present in different cases. Dyslexics usually find strength in whole pictures, so narrowing it down to a single struggle is kind of inconsistent with my experience. lol! If I am not fresh or in a rhythm I can struggle to differentiate key pairs like "e" vs "i", or "f" vs "j", and "g" vs "h", but this can also happen with same hand keys "c" vs "v" or " , " vs " . " *[Dyslexic tip/area to gain hope] Developing dexterity seems to help with staying more calm when I need to "downshift" my speed and for better accuracy and to maintain more confidence in my ability to speed up again after a given rough patch. Typing words from my mind or words I'm hearing is like a whole other ball game and even typing from hardcopy text does not feel anywhere near as comfortable as following the easier typing app cursor straight in front of me etc. Numbers, punctuation, and capital letters (in that order) significantly break up my ability to maintain a rhythm. The experience of feeling challenged is usually an anxious and aimless urgency. I might key letters that are in the word, but in the wrong order, or if I focus on keeping the letters ordered in my mind I can't find the key reflexively. It's like a working memory issue because my brain is not efficient with going in order. I am significantly slower with exercises that go one letter at a time, made-up words, or too many compounded sounds like "reconciliation". It's like trying to stay warm at night with just a baby blanket. Or predicting the decay of an electron (it's Schrodinger's "e"-key/"i"-key). I try to use the "shut up and computate" attitude as an apology, just down shift and rely on dexterity to hack through the dyslexia until production becomes systemic again.

@As_Aasif 12 күн бұрын

I have to say You are quite motivation person.....love from India

@namubirubrendah391 Жыл бұрын

So educative.

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@mojoneko8303 8 ай бұрын

Have you ever had the chance to type on an old Royal manual typewriter? You should give it a try if you get the chance. That's what I learned on in my high school typing class. My typing instructor could hit 120wpm on a Royal once he got warmed up. It was pretty impressive. Typing on one of them for 6-8 hours a day would give you Popeye arms. Thanks for the video. Trying to tune up my typing after all these years...

@baikaranabyo 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Alex. This is very helpful.

@conradreyes5391 Жыл бұрын

is it also alright to practice on a manual typewriter? thanks for sharing this video

@lorensims4846 Жыл бұрын

Sure! That's as "mechanical" as they come! I originally learned to type on manual typewriters. It helps to teach you to hit each key with equal pressure. They had a couple of electric typewriters in the back, but those were reserved for the "advanced" students.

@adjeteysowah3895 8 ай бұрын

Just started touch typing today. 7WPM at the moment 😭

@AnsonAlexander 8 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear you're looking to improve! Would love to hear back on your progress! Good luck!

@adjeteysowah3895 8 ай бұрын

@@AnsonAlexander I'll be in the comment section after a month

@Fortnitecrab. 7 ай бұрын

Improvement??@@adjeteysowah3895

@AkashYadav-rb4es 6 ай бұрын

He'llooo

@adjeteysowah3895 6 ай бұрын

I failed apparently 🙂

@Rns-Dayavi Жыл бұрын

the first home keys are easy to learn but after that it gets so frustrating....

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's really tough when first starting out but, once you get there, you won't have to think about it ever again!

@lorensims4846 Жыл бұрын

Just be sure that you know those home keys without even thinking so you can learn to reach out without ever having to think of them again.

@CombatSports01 Жыл бұрын

Great content

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sarathr.g7988 5 ай бұрын

I love that passive happily aggressive way of talking and teaching.

@Pop_tart_lover Ай бұрын

Spot on mate. Cheers

@7budfox 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting.thanks. Is there a xheap mechanical keyboard to buy to start practicing? Ciao from Italy

@DeborahShaw823 2 ай бұрын

#2 kind of reminds me of avoiding sharps and flats while learning the guitar.

@ManuelMarisin 26 күн бұрын

Hey great advices bro but on the no laptop part what if its all i have and can afford?

@AnsonAlexander 26 күн бұрын

Buy an $8 keyboard from Amazon and plug it into the laptop…

@AkheemAlexis 12 күн бұрын

I understand the process completely, but because I learned typing the wrong way it's just so hard to learn a new way.

@nonentity168 Жыл бұрын

I am struggling to create enough muscle memory for letters that lie on the right of my keyboard. Should have known that J has that curvy design earlier :((

@AnsonAlexander Жыл бұрын

It’s all about repetition. Do you have the location of the letters memorized and just having trouble making the keystrokes or are your fingers unsure of where to go. If memorization is the challenge, I really recommend learning them one at a time. You could even spend a week per key that you’re having trouble with. By the end, you should have them memorized and will just be working on finger strength and flexibility.

@jimcox5151 3 ай бұрын

My mind or my fingers get confused between the K and L key...I feel like quitting 😢

@nathan6899 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thanks.

@QuitsGosling644 2 ай бұрын

I am a gamer and i use the wooting 60 he (analog) but i already know all the keys and im able to touchtype 50 wpm (~260 caracters per minute) and i only startet learning 5 days ago. And i use the corect fingerplacement.

@guzaldavlat5744 Ай бұрын

Hi, would you write the model of your keyboard please?

@lilypot6774 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this.❤

@Timapro_m10 6 ай бұрын

i have been stuck at 65-70wpm for a while, what should i do to improve?

@nicolasani4799 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@elhassangueye4495 Жыл бұрын

Great video, what is the keyboard model you have on the video

@SalmanAhmed-cd5dm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!❤

@atahojohnson4651 4 ай бұрын

That's incredible 👏

@HimanotHimi-f7v 3 ай бұрын

Thank you i is really help me !!!

@leonoragomez707 20 күн бұрын

Nice keyboard , what kind of keyboard is that?

@Axoy2024 14 күн бұрын

3:20

@TlhohonolofatsoTshabalal-gh2ce 9 ай бұрын

Thank you,, truly 👌🤞

@TanimKhan-ow9dl 5 күн бұрын

Well said..i think It'll help me insa-allah

@ssebugwawoismael1033 Ай бұрын

Well done

@sterey3571 3 ай бұрын

I peaked 96 wpm for now but I'm trying to fix pressing keys with wrong finger... like: Q - left pinky finger D - left index (lol) Y - right middle finger Tbh hitting Q with pinky is hard T_T Oh damn I'm also not hitting P with the right finger

@aaryan3056 Ай бұрын

I felt difficult to press C with my left middle finger for a few months..but I felt easy to press C with left index finger but avoid it as it was incorrect position, I kept pressing C with middle finger but now I forgot that once i felt hard to press C with mid finger and felt hard to press B with left index finger..wanted to press B with right index but didn't do it... Kept typing correctly.. now everything is gone.. nothing difficult anymore🙂

@aaryan3056 Ай бұрын

@JessicaReign-q1r 3 ай бұрын

I came here because the one thing that's slowing me down is that I didn't learn the number keys properly when I started a million years ago, and now that I'm trying to get a job at the 911 call center, they want me to be able to type in addresses, tag numbers, VIN numbers and phone numbers quickly. This video is starting people off with bad advice. Also, at most jobs, you use the keyboard they provide.

@Otto-mq8lg 4 ай бұрын

What are the best free websites to learn typing through ??

@doubt-though 3 ай бұрын

I am doing for 6 months.But my accuracy is poor and fingers are not in control makes me stress.

@mateosotelo957 10 ай бұрын

wait I am not a begginer on touch typing but can I use then a imac keyboard because I have one

@davetuikong 11 ай бұрын

I focus too heavily on speed and I want to improve my accuracy.

@jullien191 6 ай бұрын

Es muy básico. Cuantas palabras per minutes haces?

@sebastianjohansson2602 5 ай бұрын

Started yesterday at 12 wpm... can someone comment here in one month for my progress?

@April-cm3sz 5 ай бұрын

I’m using tpesy online . Good program .

@Tanvi-rn3sb 3 ай бұрын

How's your progress bro

@panjasrikanth2369 3 ай бұрын

How is your progress bro after one month?@@Tanvi-rn3sb

@JaysonRosario-o5h Ай бұрын

Starts at 8 wmp Now it's 2 weeks I'm 30 wpm

@crashtender2516 Ай бұрын

How much time did you give in a day

@ayushgupta_4 6 ай бұрын

thanks

@lalduhsangatlau3600 Ай бұрын

Playing GTA San Andreas on a pc helps too (in some way)

@gomi-hako 8 ай бұрын

I dont' know how this works but my left hand is writing full speed with every finger but my right hand is just typing with one finger 💀

@BaboucarrFanneh 4 ай бұрын

Your direction is more important than your speed

@david_playz2701 3 ай бұрын

Is it okay if i type with one or two fingers? I feel more comfortable with it and it feels so nice.

@Axoy2024 14 күн бұрын

what is touch typing

@AnsonAlexander 14 күн бұрын

Typing using your sense of touch instead of sight.

@Axoy2024 14 күн бұрын

@@AnsonAlexander oh ok

@DanielKachiza Ай бұрын

I need to learn to be fast

@DiamondCreeper2007 9 ай бұрын

I still don’t know how to type I’m using my voice but I still don’t know how

@AnsonAlexander 9 ай бұрын

Haha yeah, voice typing may not be the biggest help for your touch typing skills...

@GayToad1157 9 ай бұрын

i type slower 10 to 15 wpm slower on mechanical keyboards idk why.

@AnsonAlexander 9 ай бұрын

Hmm, are you mostly typing on non-mechancial keyboards? It can take some time to get used to pressing a bit harder depending on the switches in the mechanical keyboard you're using.

@DeborahShaw823 2 ай бұрын

Writing this comment I just used my thumbs lol