How to Type Faster - From 114 to 131 WPM in 2 months. Deliberate Practice Experiment

This video is part of a large public self development experiment that I'm doing on myself to improve reading retention and video presentation. Click here to learn more:- • My Self Development Ex...
Useful Typing Links:-
Site for practicing typing:- 10fastfingers.com
Marathon test:- paulmccarthy.co.uk/marathon
1 minute test:- paulmccarthy.co.uk/sprint
Facebook group:- paulmccarthy.co.uk/typefb

[@tmm9069]

I really commend this guy for continuing to learn something that he would already be considered as an expert at

[@josepablobermudez6283]

i saw this video 9 months ago and i used to typed around 40 wpm today i can type an average of 120 wpm. So yeah you're right! EDIT 1 year later ( I have not been practicing so much): TypeRacer: 102WPM; 10FastFingers: 130WPM.

[@WarriorHabits]

Wow, nice result Jose - what does your practice schedule look like?

[@AmanAman-ht8uc]

So it takes 9 months to reach 120wpm???

[@josepablobermudez6283]

@@AmanAman-ht8uc Yes, In my case, maybe you can do it faster or slower it depends on the person.

[@arjunjamwal3490]

@Dupa Pupa bro how i cam type more than 80 wpm ......my current speed is 50 wpm and i tried alot but i cannot increase my speed.....plz suggest i have to increasemy speed....my exam is coming

[@jordonhillhouse167]

@@arjunjamwal3490 You are closer than you think. Keep up practicing. One day, it will just "click". The deliberate practice is key though.

[@minielite4092]

I am 17 y/o and this is about my progress (german language) over the last 10 month without any 10 fingersystem experience: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 0: 15-20 WPM Day 30: 40-50 WPM Day 60: 60-70 WPM Month 3: 70-80 WPM Month 4: 80-90 WPM -> first 100 WPM (day 143) Month 5: 90-95 WPM Month: 6: 95-100 WPM Month 10: 120 WPM (going for 150 wpm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I practiced approximately 10-20 Minutes every day (10fastfinger, typeracer, Tipp10, monkeytype) although the first couple days it was more like 6-7 hours -> new goal is 150 wpm best & consistent 120 WPM (advanced test)

[@ToadyEN]

damn great work! I'm 80wpm at the minute. Need to remember to practice each day. (Also nail down correct typing fingers)

[@barryholzmann1373]

Bei mir ist bei 70 einfach Schluss. Ich werde da nicht mehr schneller, obwohl ich jeden Tag mehrere tausend Wörter tippe.

[@Kohiku]

Inspirational kiddo! Keep at it. Make it 115!

[@griffisme4833]

@M de Boer Why are you so salty? Plus, his second post wasn't bragging in the slightest you illiterate moron

[@griffisme4833]

@M de Boer It appears you don't know how to form coherent sentences either

[@alexnsiw]

he looks like a counterfeit Mark Zuckerberg

[@Kronos0999]

Human version of Mark.

[@abyssigha.9570]

This is actually Zuckerberg's Human gene donor

[@JATOO0]

Budget Mark Zuckerberg*

[@smwfreak1647]

@@JATOO0 Suckerberg

[@gabrielengell1458]

Mark Zuckerberg looks like a counterfeit version of him tbh

[@noahkagan]

Great video mate. Thanks for putting it together :)

[@MrSandip110]

Practicing typing these days. Whenever I lose motivation or get frustrated, I watch your video. It helps . Thanks for making this video.

[@advikdeshmukh805]

Went from average 105 wpm to 155 average in 2 months however I worked much more than 20 minutes a day

[@slimjimmyful]

thank you for this video! It has helped a ton with my typing. This video also reinforced the idea that if i want to improve on anything in life, i need to dedicate time into focusing and practicing each and everyday and making it a habit on a daily basis.

[@KalleHullu]

I just recently noticed that if im ONLY focusing on the accuracy and not on the speed my scores were usually higher than normally.

[@WarriorHabits]

Yeah I noticed the same thing - my scores are always better when I'm not consciously trying to type fast, rather I'm focusing on accuracy and a consistent pace.

[@melmugas6590]

you should have an effort to practise it . More repetition every minute/hour/day/month/year are different . start at good habit . and then your effortless typing will increased it depends on your repetition program . Your effortless typing will follow to your effort on exercising or practising techniques. you should have and effort to your accuracy but if you want to relax let your effortless typing do. but typing with effort is much more faster than your effortless typing.

[@revathisoftware1648]

@@melmugas6590 XD

[@bluecyrusgaming4397]

why is this so relatable?! I did the same 10 minutes ago, my normal speed is around 50, i focused only on accuracy and went as comfortable as I can, I think i got 60 or something then.

[@srijanadh2303]

@@WarriorHabits helo can you give me my answer please🙏 i will practice 4 hours daily and my goal is to reach 170 wpm(big dream) from 51 wpm(average) can you guess how much time it will take to reach there cause i am not going to stop training until i reach 170 wpm but i have absolutely no idea how much time it will take

[@nervz]

using a clickity clackity razer keyboard with rbg will improve your wpm by 20 no cap

[@jayden23769]

love the solo leveling pfp

[@evilbaye]

legit man

[@extradetails4686]

Rob doesn’t increase speed that’s just a implied joke.

[@roy_chae]

i found full sized keyboards to be easier to type on compared to laptops

[@name281]

"rbg"

[@Bella-lk5lg]

I started last month and have reached from 8wps to almost 28-30. First days were quite draining and frustrating but now it's much better

[@faisalalmalki5639]

I can't even go for 2wps 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gwahx2116]

I could do 60, but I couldn’t get any better, so I completely changed my way of typing, I can now do 40 but I have to look at the keyboard, if I learn to be able to not it could go to 70!

[@faisalalmalki5639]

@@gwahx2116 oh cool

[@gwahx2116]

TiGeR TuSks yeah I did it as a joke because I couldn’t think of anything else lmao

[@Parv_Not_Perv]

I started typing on my membrane keyboard from 3 july 2020 and today I am at 38-40 wpm.

[@sortof3337]

I have found your videos to be extremely helpful and of good quality. Thank you.

[@isaacdouglas1119]

I'm having trouble improving with this regiment. I've done an intentional typing practice regiment almost every day for the past 3 weeks and seen very little improvement. Here is my data: Date Results 06/22/20 10 minute time: 55 WPM 1-minute time: 51 WPM 06/23/20 10 minute time: 56 WPM 1-minute time: 54 WPM 06/24/20 10 minute time: 50 WPM 1-minute time: 62 WPM 06/25/20 Starting to count only correct words 10 minute time: 52 WPM 1-minute time: 53 WPM 06/27/20 10 minute time: 57 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 06/28/20 10 minute time: 53.4 WPM 1-minute time: 58 WPM 06/29/20 10 minute time: 55.1 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 06/30/20 10 minute time: 59.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/02/20 10-minute time: 61.6 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/03/20 10-minute time: 54 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 07/04/20 10-minutes time: 60.5 WPM 1-minute time: 67 WPM 07/05/20 10-minute time: 56.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/06/20 10-minute time: 58.6 WPM 1-minute time: 62 WPM 07/07/20 10-minute time: 61.7 WPM 1-minute time: 65 WPM 07/08/20 10-minute time: 61.5 WPM 1-minute time: 70 WPM 07/08/20 10-minute time: 51.7 WPM 1-minute time: 60 WPM 07/10/20 10-minute time: 54.9 WPM 1-minute time: 58 WPM 07/11/20 10-minute time: 52.4 WPM 1-minute time: 63 WPM 07/13/20 10-minute time: 55.5 WPM 1-minute time: 69 WPM There was a spike in the first week before it leveled off. I start every session by reminding myself about the three important tenets to be mindful of while typing: - [ ] Focus on accuracy over speed - [ ] Slow down for difficult words - [ ] Focus on the next word you’re typing I believe I am focusing on improving during my sessions but I have not seen any significant results. Though I could press on, it seems folly not to recognize that some adjustment in my practice is necessary to see improvement. I have considered some potential issues, but none seem important enough to halt progress to such a degree. One issue is that I type both space and 'b' with my left hand which occasionally slows me down. The second is that I am using a Mac Butterly mechanism keyboard (notorious for its bad typing feel among other reasons). However, I can't imagine how either of these issues would keep me mired in the 55-70 WPM range. Are my expectations for my rate of improvement too high or am I missing something in my practice? What else can I do?

[@isaacdouglas1119]

Update: I just upgraded my keyboard to the Keychron K2 with Gateron brown switch V2. With just minimal practice over a few days my 10-minute marathon score is 5 WPM faster than before. I predict good things in the future as I practice more. 100 WPM, here I come! For those curious this is the model I got: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB32H52/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@blek6457]

Started training in 20 may at 45 wpm average (10fastfingers), now it's 25 may and I can consistently type at 55 wpm. I'll keep working on it, thanks for the help!

[@nrependradimree6973]

that was the best video on not just making one type better but motivating the man out of him.

[@meet5551]

i recently figured that its more of a "Reading" than typing! improve on how you read typing will increase on its own!

[@sushantpawar5635]

My speed was stuck at 25 wpm and was not increasing ...after this video it went suddenly to 32 wpm ..thank you man..

[@WarriorHabits]

Glad to hear that. My challenge to you is to do 30 minutes of practice for 30 days. I think you'll double your typing speed, at least. Good luck!

[@CristianHDiaz]

@RoyalPizzaKing dam son give tips

[@bruhman4509]

@@CristianHDiaz don't stop, keep a good pace, and type words right after you hit space

[@sourabhjambale13]

@@bruhman4509 typing with my pinky finger slows downs my speed a lot and irritates me . How should I improve?

[@bruhman4509]

sourabh jambale Keep on typing with it, you’ll get more comfortable with practice.

[@Tomalomalom]

Just after following Sean Wrona's tips, I did manage to get a higher average speed! I was only reading the word that I was typing, so the pauses were actually slowing me down a significant amount. Before watching this video, I was averaging 105-110, but I've started averaging around 115-120 and staying faster for longer periods of time. Thanks for making this amazing video and I'm definitely going to keep working on my speed with this deliberate practice method.

[@mariakierstead4422]

This is an amazingly helpful video that applies to more than just typing in the realm of improving any skill. Thank you for posting this!

[@WarriorHabits]

Thanks Maria! In case you're interested, the best book I've found for practicing any skill is one called Peak by Anders Ericsson - I highly recommend it because it goes into great detail about deliberate practice, a method that you can apply to accelerate skill acquisition.

[@mariakierstead4422]

@@WarriorHabits Thank you! I'll check it out

[@dirivial_]

I will comment in the future how far I've gone. Right now: Avg: 50 wpm Top: 60 wpm After two months: Avg: 64 Top: 78 This is not as good as it can be though. I managed to hurt my wrist and stopped the training for almost two weeks because it made it worse.

[@Randomguy-kn3nv]

Alkade screw it, I’ll start today too

[@soydulhasan80]

U didn’t even comment how far U have gone

[@zoeynorman]

@@soydulhasan80 It hasn't been two months yet

[@aqeelmaqsudi9645]

thats nice, when i was 14 i was practising and now at 16 im typing at 80-112 word per minute

[@exdestroyer2835]

Something funny, i have an average of 130 wpm. I didnt type for about 2 weeks. Then i got 150 wpm average

[@sjuvanet]

yea, literally all of sean wrona's tips. glad they work!

[@autolavadobimer]

lm just learned something today, feel happy because your video is really helpful.

[@IIZGod]

Sweet vid! One year ago at this exact moment, I typed using two fingers and I had 60 wpm lol guess its cos I play the piano. 1 year later, I now touch-type with 10 fingers, and have an average of 110wpm occasionally maxing out at 140 wpm! Huge improvement thanks for your tips

[@user-nu4gp3er4f]

thank you so much for this! ive been wanting to imprvoe and amd getting stuck at 110 wpm because i keep going down and up and down again. youre awesome :D I hope i can get to you level!

[@Randoplants]

This is exactly what I've been looking for! I can get to 120 WPM sometimes on a really good day, but otherwise I do 90 to 100. Grew up with Mavis Beacon, which only records up to 120 WPM. I practice regularly already, so will happily add these to my routine. I especially love the suggestion to practice typing from a book while the screen is covered, for accuracy. Thanks!

[@jhenvillanueva9036]

I learned a lot. Thank you so much for your tips.

[@dawnsreviews7205]

Thanks for sharing the programs and methods.

[@fgbeast5805]

I have a 18 wps without looking on the keyboard

[@WarriorHabits]

Consistent daily practice for two months and you'll be double or triple that number

[@raymeester7883]

I started at 8. I am now stuck at 51 for over 32 days.

[@chanhotsun942]

i not using the mechial keyboard ,but now i have 60 wpm without looking keyboard before, but now i can get 100 wpm now without using the mechinal keybaord, and i want to buy cherry mx blue keyboard.

[@tobiassamsesrensen6574]

he said 18 words per SECOND lol

[@chanhotsun942]

Tobias Samsøe Sørensen lol do you see second

[@jacekostrowski7044]

I like the clarity of these recommendations, including the psychological part (i.e. that it should be uncomfortable). Copying from Kindlle is definitely something I need to practice.

[@ryanhieber9784]

i have already went from not being able to type without looking at the keyboard to now being efficient at touch typing getting an average of about 45 WPM, and I get around 95-100% accuracy after watching this. I used keybr.com to learn how to touch type, but I used 10fastfingers.com to improve my speed. I spent about a month on keybr and another month on 10fastfingers, and I can say, if you don't touch type already, keybr.com is amazing for learning the keyboard as it doesn't do the usual "type jkjkdfdf". It eases you in starting with the most common letters in the alphabet and adds more when you master the letters. It also uses some algorithm and targets letters that you aren't as fast with, and I can say this is by far the most efficient way to learn the keyboard for beginners. But once I mastered all of the keys on keybr, I started to follow this vid because I believe that 10fastfingers is better than keybr to improve speed and accuracy now that I know the keyboard. But I can say that I never would have started to type to much if it weren't for this video, so I thank you for making this.

[@nickcarter4006]

Fantastic advice! I went looking for advice how to improve my 100wpm average - looks like I came to just the right place!!

[@concernedcanadian]

Thanks for this video. I have about two weeks to improve my typing speed for a job.

[@WarriorHabits]

In two weeks, you may need to double your practice time. Also check out the book "The First 20 Hours" by Joshua Kaufman - he's got a chapter in there about typing to 60WPM with a completely new keyboard layout (moving from QWERTY to Colemak) - there are some golden nuggets in there that might help you!

[@Dinosaurwarlock]

This is one of the only videos that has tips that go beyond the basics.

[@sonusahni724]

Thanks for such valuable info😃

[@Sav2827]

I'm just learning to touch type currently 20wpm up from 14wpm. Will update in two months my improvements. Tysvm for the helpful video. Have been learning from 10 fast fingers, great site.

[@liam_7017]

it's been two months so how have you gone?

[@10vingers]

How are you now?

[@Sav2827]

Wow, I'm glad I commented on this. I'm currently 60WPM my highest is 67WPM. I need to work on my accuracy. I'm finding it hard to advance past 60Wpm comfortably. :) I really should be higher? But wow, I can't believe I've advanced from 14wpm.

[@cashflowglo7262]

Don’t you just love this “warrior habits” guy? Not only should he have his very own KZbin channel but he needs to be on TV too! Thank you Mr. “Warrior Habits” for giving us these great tips and formula. I’ll tell you that I am seeing results way before 21 days. Thanks again. it’s working ! Yes as someone said earlier you are the best of the best out there ... and the others s_ _ _ a_ _ . 😸

[@MaximilianBerkmann]

Summary: Tips: 1. Accuracy over speed 2. Vary speed 3. Look ahead Exercises: 1. Blindly copy text from a book/kindle (so not looking at the screen). 2. 10mins marathon test (e.g. doing a 10mins test on 10fastfingers.com). 3. 1min speed test (like a sprint). And do the above for at least 21 days.

[@reywathsajeev1782]

i am gonna comment my progress this is from 10fastfingers btw started 7 june 2020 speed: 32 wpm after 1 week: 46 wpm after 2 weeks: 51 wpm After 1 month: 61 wpm

[@Marie-Sunny]

may i ask how many minutes a day have you practiced ?

[@reywathsajeev1782]

@@Marie-Sunny in the first week it was about an hour or so but in the second week it was only about 15-20 minutes

[@KamelJabber1]

Excellent, thanks!

[@lancepager2319]

MAN THIS VIDEO SOLELY SOLVES MY RESEARCH FOR HOW TO TYPE FATER. THANKS MAN

[@saurabhchandra2588]

thanks man... really helpful tips👍

[@sushantpawar5635]

It work for me ....yeahhh man loved it ❤❤❤❤

[@arontekle1126]

Good content... you earned a subscriber

[@memorywarrior8752]

He misspelled Sean WroNa's name lol. But seriously though, I love this video. It's really helpful - I wish more people would do "how to improve" videos in this same format.

[@korimustapha5502]

Excellent presentations.

[@finald1316]

2+1 more pieces of advice. 1. Minimize tension. You might need to rotate the wrist on certain horizontal combos, lift hand when stretching for certain keys or bigrams, correct your posture, etc... 2. If you are willing to put the extra work learn how to "cognitively option select" certain letter combinations. This will work better for some layouts than for others. Learn multiple ways to input the same string of character but depending on context (word or specific substring). This must be done on reaction, it cannot be something you stop to think on what you should do, so you need to train very attentively as to not mix different inputs movements for the same sequence or you will meet cognitive dissonance and alt your typing. If practicing by rewriting shown text you need to quickly be aware of the entire word in order to react with the proper movement, you won't be able to do it if you read slow. 3. If your layout allows to use this quickly and without effort, start using ctrl+delete instead of delete and repeat on bigger word mistakes. You should aim for 100% but everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and when it is done on bigger words having an extra option helps.

[@knowledgebank4892]

Hey paul ur speed is amazing... my speed is 40 wpm in software..!!m looking forward to improve it....i will keep ur tips in my mind...tnx...

[@WarriorHabits]

Consistent daily practice for two months and you'll push that number up

[@hazqier]

I've been typing with 4 fingers my whole life, so now I'm actually trying to relearn the proper typing without looking at my keyboard.

[@lukacspolgar5988]

www.typing.com/student/lessons This site is great for relearning

[@xPsydxck]

@@lukacspolgar5988 yup even I learned from typing.com

[@GabrielOliveira-tk4zf]

My progress (Portuguese): 25 minutes of practice every morning. Day 1: 42 WPM (78,44% accuracy) Day 2: 42 WPM (74,56%) I'm working on using different fingers for some keys that I was used to. I'm actually typing worse and more slowly. Day 3: 49 WPM (88.53%) I'm getting more used to the new positions. Day 4: 58 WPM (94,77%) Day 5: 62 WPM (97,53%) Day 6: 61 WPM (93,52%) Day 7: 52 WPM (90,28%) R Day 8: - Day 9: 52 WPM (82,17%) Day 10: 61 WPM (94,43%) Day 11: - Day 12: 51 WPM (89,24%) Add Numbers 1234567890 Day 13: 62 WPM (96,27%) Different finger for backspace Day 14: 65 WPM (94,78%) First time TOP 25% Day 16: 63 WPM (92,35%) Adding !@#$%¨&*(){[}}/? Day 17: 54 WPM (89,63%) Day 17: 61 WPM (89%) Day 18: 55 WPM (80%) Day 19: 54 WPM (96,44%) I'm focusing on my right pinky and accents (´^`) Day 20: -- Day 21: --

[@aishwaryapravatnalini9301]

Have you started typing yesterday ? Mine is 35 wpm(100% accuracy) ...I am starting today? Wanna be my accountability partner?

[@GabrielOliveira-tk4zf]

@@aishwaryapravatnalini9301 Yes. Today is my 3rd day of practice. I'm about to star my practice. Let's motivate each other!

[@GabrielOliveira-tk4zf]

@@aishwaryapravatnalini9301 How's your progress going ?

[@Ray-jg5dj]

I love typing, it's so satisfying !

[@sintusharma5511]

I am happy that I have found this video 😊

[@enrichment9899]

I think you'll get diminishing returns the faster you type. Yesterday I started with 84 WPM, today I hit the 100 mark. I'm pretty sure I've gone higher than 100 WPM, but when I realize how fast I'm going I instantly lose that speed! Or when I'm both at higher speed than normal, and without making any mistakes I start making mistakes the moment I think about it. It's funny how much focus you need to break that barrier. It's not just a typing test, but also a focus test.I tried a couple of times to go higher than 100, but it's taking much more as compared to yesterday. Great video, and I love how you take the time to answer comments!i

[@WarriorHabits]

You're definitely right - the law of diminishing returns is absolutely true with typing, as it is with most things. Olympic weightlifters sometimes train four years just to add 5-10kg to their total. I've noticed a similar thing with typing. At some point, when you reach the point of diminishing returns, you've got to ask yourself whether the ever increasing investment is worth the small increase in efficiency. Noticed the same thing about focus, by the way. My best typing sessions are often when my mind is wondering and my subconscious brain takes over and automatically types what's on screen. If I apply conscious thought to how my fingers are moving, or to not making mistakes, then it always makes me mess up. Strange how our brains work!

[@meet5551]

Very Interesting points Mate. I like that point when u specially mentioned not to type casually 👍 and just one thing is it really necessary to be in a proper posture. Any suggestions please. Thanks Alot! !!!

[@mastahkillah22]

Right now my average speed is 75 wpm. And my accuracy is 90%. Thanks for the tip! Will do it and I will come back after 2 months for the results.

[@mehtabahmed8062]

Don't forget to update us, I am at 30 Avg and 35 Top. I score 30 with Capital letter and Punctuations. I will also update later my progress

[@10vingers]

I will follow this. I'm at 72 average. If Wondering how you will be doing after 2 months.

[@mastahkillah22]

Update July 29, 2020: My current average is increased to 80 to 85 WPM with accuracy of 98%. It really helped me a lot! Will update again after a month for final results.

[@rrsk88_farming]

Thanks for this..I agree with u

[@johnydola9926]

Focusing on the next word increases typing speed instantly. I could never reach 90+wpm but i did it now after the first try. A few other tips that increased my speed and accuracy where to not lift the fingers up too much and try to press only the necessary amount of pressure on the key without smashing any of them at all. (which feels really good sometimes as you may know)

[@vumazwesiziba4103]

Just tested at 10fastfingers and I'm 56 wpm (but using laptop keyboard i reached 65wpm) Today its 30 May 2020. I'm gonna be updating every 2 months

[@dev.spectures]

and?

[@memorywarrior8752]

I love this video, just wondering how did you come up with the three games? I have been typing the alphabet as a warm up and I find that that increases my word speed by 10 wpm - I think it sort of calibrates my fingers to the correct key positions.

[@jasonrosscostimiano6694]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@Nellak2011]

Thank you for the quality advice! I am in the 100 to 110 range myself and I had already found that I should vary my speed for best results, but I was trying to focus on speed first then accuracy, because my fingers don't move at the 130 to 140 range naturally without extreme focus and effort. However, as you said, I should instead worry about accuracy then speed. Also, focusing on the next word ahead is common sense, I typically 'process' three words ahead and flow as fast into the next word as possible. Thank you for the advice, I have really been hitting the 100+ plateau.

[@WarriorHabits]

Nice one Connor - you're already in the top few percent of typists worldwide, which means you're probably reaching the point of diminishing returns. That said, I'm sure you can push forward up to the 130 to 140 range within a few months. As you say, accuracy is certainly key - unless you're consistently typing at around 97% accuracy, then that's your key point of leverage. I recommend doing longer tests - the 10 minute tests on 10FF are great. After doing 10 minute tests with high accuracy for a while, you'll find the one minute test a breeze and will probably set new records. Good luck and keep me updated with your progress!

[@EnvelopeOfficial]

Hi, I haven't found many people that comment on the position of your body while typing. Position of the wrists and your height compared to the keyboard seem to dramatically change how the fingers reach across the keyboard. What advices would you give about this? How do you make sure you can alway go back to exactly the same position down to millimetrical precision? What are the differences between keeping your wrists down or up? Do you keep any part of your arms, like the elbows for example, in contact with the table? What's the angle you bend your elbows? How about the rotation that the wrists have to do when typing for example a 7 and then going to the shift key with the same right hand, or when you made a mistake and press delete. Don't they make you lose your reference position when you type very fast? How do you keep holding that mental map of where the keys are even when you have to move your hand around? What keeps you anchored to a reference if the hand moves around? Finally, do you always hit any key with its own finger or do you do exceptions? In online courses they say to always go with the same finger but take the word "treble" for example, if you type t r e with index - middle - ring, your index is ready to go to the b key without any hand movement, if you do as advised in my course (ratatype.com) you should use index - index - middle, which then obliges me to move my wrist a bit to reach the b. There are plenty of other words like this, what do you do? Thanks, I would really really appreciate to hear your thoughts on this, I type at 60wpm average but I'm aiming very high because I would like to be able to write down my thoughts as they arise and sometimes they just go really really fast (definitely over 200wpm, so I'd love to get there at some point before I die). Cheers

[@iminh_x1705]

@@EnvelopeOfficial After 5 months I went from 115 wpm to 135 wpm xd dont rush your self too much here is my 10fastfingers profile: 10fastfingers.com/user/1319326/ Feel free to look at it LOL

[@EnvelopeOfficial]

​@@iminh_x1705 wow that's pretty good! Do you use a fixed-finger-to-key method? (meaning that you always reach each key with the same finger) I have created a few challenging texts to train on using my left thumb on X and C and my ring on E in the TRE sequence. If you wanna try here they are: 10fastfingers.com/text/154464-EXC-challenge 10fastfingers.com/text/154373-exercise-and-stretch 10fastfingers.com/text/154217-Fixed-Finger-To-Key-typing-method-challenge-1

[@EnvelopeOfficial]

@@iminh_x1705 They are pretty much the only exceptions I use to the fixed-finger-to-key method, even though there are other letter sequences that result in inefficient finger jumping, like combinations of NUM for example. So maybe I'll introduce new variations.

[@Ringer1982]

Thank you for the tips. The amount of commitment you said is true for your level typists. For those whose pace is 30 words per minute the amount of necessery commitment is much lower to make +15% speed improvement.

[@WarriorHabits]

Certainly. I'm going to do a video shortly that shows real world results of 6 people who did deliberate practice for a number of months. Results vary by person, but all of them made really great improvement over time and are all now at least at 60WPM+ with some approaching 90 and 100WPM.

[@Ringer1982]

Nice! For me would also be very interesting to watch a video about typing characters like {}[]()-_=+\|!*%1234567890. Because I'm a programmer and this is what's the most uncomfartable for me to type. My speed of typing a normal text is approximately 40 WPM, but for typing this kind of characters I'm usually looking at the keyboard. I'm using 10 key less layout.

[@WarriorHabits]

I'm not convinced about the utility of learning to touch type as a programmer. I actually co-founded a software company and so I have first hand experience of developing myself, but also working with a team of developers, and it seems to me that (most of the time) the limiting factor for developers is not the speed at which they can type, rather thinking through complex stuff like the logic, algorithms, architecture and doing debugging. Sometimes, for example, a developer may work a full 8 hour shift, but only push 10 lines of code. As a developer, I think you'd get far more benefit from deliberately practicing your coding skills. Maybe you can take on coding challenges, or do some courses at treehouse. Most importantly, though, would be to keep on building things so you can beat on your craft.

[@Ringer1982]

Warrior Habits I know, many programs can't type without looking at the keyboard and it's not a problem. Also I'm already working as a programmer for 14-15 years, but thanks for the tip any way :P Also 8 lines of code per day might mean shitty code in the project :)

[@WarriorHabits]

With 14-15 years experience as a programmer then you definitely know better than me about the role. Another commented mentioned an app for programmers to practice their touch typing:- www.speedcoder.net Give it a shot, would be interested to hear what you think about it.

[@elo1031]

I like your second point: that this is work to improve. it should be frustrating... and it requires focus. focus, practice, accuracy, repeat

[@trivergent613]

this is helping ur hard work payoff:)

[@sporadicdrive5884]

Good advice! Btw, you have spelled Sean Wrona wrong in the video. Another tip which could be useful to some people is not thinking about anything and focusing on the words, and maintaining control over your breathing pattern as we are prone to make errors while excited.

[@WarriorHabits]

Yeah the irony of making a typo on a typing video is not lost on me :) I agree with your tips about the breathing and focus

[@stephanief6224]

Super helpful. Can't wait to start. My trouble is that i don't have steady hands and keeping my fingers on the proper keys is so painful. My hands shake everytime i move my fingers and i have a hard time remembering to go back to the home keys.

[@WarriorHabits]

Stephanie is this because of an existing condition that you have?

[@stephanief6224]

@@WarriorHabits Not sure. When i curve my hands over the keyboard, i find it really uncomfortable. Sometimes i find that if i lay my wrist on the table, my hands don't shake as much but then my wrists start to hurt. How do i keep that from happening? Also, how do i keep from looking down at the keyboard?

[@ivartheboneless5745]

''your brain is terrible at knowing what you can do and what you can't'', what a perfect statement not only for typing but for your potential in life and your goals.

[@bbqworld2103]

Good info, thanks

[@nakano2694]

His advice is really true. I focused more on accuracy and looking at the next word and just using this I went from 52wpm to 60wpm instantly. It could be a placebo or just luck but I don’t think it is.

[@memorywarrior8752]

I found this really helpful, thank you. I wrote a piece of software to help with touch typing, but I'm yet to find the best set of pre-requisites before you start typing (e.g. warm up hands, relax, posture, don't have ten pints, practice every day etc) to ensure that I keep up my now seemingly modest 92wpm. Did you find that there were any practice texts in particular that were good for improving typing speeds. I saw one guy that just typed out the alphabet over and over, and it actually does help.

[@mubasher.s5637]

thanks buddy helped me alot btw i type this without looking at the keyboard

[@krzemian]

That is a great, informative video, thanks! I'm currently going through Peak by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool and was looking for some examples of DP applied in real life. I'm especially appreciative of the way you lay out information in a clear, structured manner. Congratulations on the results. Two ideas: 1. Make sure to switch of auto correction of the Kindle exercise :D 2. Get a physiotherapist session to eliminate some muscle tension that could be hampering your hardware speed (namely your arms/hands) One question: 1. Once you've stopped training, have you tested yourself after some time. What were the results? Did it stick? 2. Does it transfer to typing in a foreign language, coding, working with numbers etc?

[@krzemian]

Also: From a practical standpoint, are you glad you’re now typing at 120 WPM? Is that helpful in your workflow in terms of being able to communicate/code faster etc. or would you say that the bottleneck is in formulating what to type rather than doing it fast enough?

[@OlleLinge]

I read the text version of your video and feel inspired! I type at around 100 WPM for normal text and about 120 WPM for random common words, such as the basic typing test on 10FF. I've found it pretty hard to find good advice on how to practice typing, because it's either very basic ("learn to type without looking at the keys") or too vague ("practise more"). Personally, I'm convinced deliberate practice is the only way forward. I type a fair amount, and yet I have not made hardly any progress over the past five years or so. I have some benchmarking made in 2015 and I only type maybe 5% faster these days. Just like with many other skills, just doing more of the same is not really enough, concentrated effort is needed. I have a few questions I'd be interested in hearing your opinion about! First, what would you consider to be accurate? 99%? 99.9%? There's a huge difference between the two! Second, do you separate practice sessions into different areas, such as only caring about accuracy in one session, then focusing on speed in another? This can be very effective when developing other skills, but not so sure about typing, maybe accuracy should take precedence over everything else. Third, how do you benchmark your typing? Did you follow the schedule you describe every day and what metrics did you use gauge progress? This might sound like a stupid question, but there really is a big difference between typing: a) random words without capital letters and punctuation, b) real formal text, c) real informal text, d) copying compared to writing something you hear or something of your own. I often find that I'm very slow on certain texts on Type Racer, not because I type slowly, but because my brain anticipates and fills in the wrong things. Like, the text uses single quotation marks but I almost never do that myself, so sometimes use double quotation marks instead, or accidentally typing "living" when typing a song lyrics where it says "livin'" (which I would never type myself, as it's considerably slower than just typing it the normal way). I also sometimes misread words, which isn't really a typing issue, such as mixing up "white" and "while" on 10FF random word speed test. Again, thanks for your write-up/video. It inspired me to look more into this and I will experiment a bit in the coming months. Maybe I'll post again later with the results. :)

[@syetech4334]

thank you men your video is so helpfull

[@hoangnguyendinh291]

You are right man. My typing speed was 50 wpm a week ago. Now it is 60 wpm. My job requires typing speed and accuracy. It does help me to make some more money for living.

[@WarriorHabits]

Nice work Hoang, what does your practice regimen look like?

[@saschaknabe7909]

Hey :) , thanks for your hints. I will try it out and come back with my experiences! I was always wondering about which thumb to use to press the space bar? Is there any analysis for this, weather left or right is more efficient? Greets ;)

[@pawansingh7430]

one trick I would suggest if currently you typed the character with left hand then use right thumb for space...and if previous letter was typed by right hand then use left thumb for space... try this

[@saschaknabe7909]

​@@pawansingh7430 Thank you! I checked out some tricks of Sean Wrona (the fast guy, mentioned in the video) too. This was very helpful to me. He is writing a book currently, about fast typing. It is supposed to be published in oktober, if I remember correctly. I guess it will take some time for me to recognize, when it's time to press the space bar with left or right, when the last character was typed by the other hand. For the time beeing I adapted to the system to take the right thumb for pressing the space bar. Sean Wrona told me that a lot of words end with characters, which are typed by the left hand and this is why it makes more sense to reserve the right thumb for the space bar. I proofed I by myself and I guess he's right. Greetings

[@patrickwall8517]

Looking at the word ahead of what you're typing is important, it helps your accuracy because if you don't look ahead your brain will anticipate what the next word is going to be and in most cases it's not the correct word.

[@Psychic7195]

I'm 13, 12 when I started touch typing, and here's a review of how my typing speed increased. Day 1: 33wpm average 1 month: 45-48wpm, stuck here for some time because I was using a faulty keyboard. 3 months: 52-56wpm 5 months: 62-67wpm 6 months - 71-75wpm 7 months - 73-79wpm 8 months - 78-85wpm In the 9th month right now, not setting any goals as typing speed naturally improves with practice, just hope to reach an average of around 120-130wpm as an adult.

[@Eirud]

One point that I don't remember being mentioned, and is especially relevant if you're new to this or even more so if you've built up the wrong habit, is by STARTING your practice by typing in the home position. If you have some strange finger/hand layout that you already type decently with, like I did when I started, make the change to home position NOW as it will make it considerably easier to deal with longer typing sessions and increase your overall accuracy and speed because you'll have your fingers in the positions needed to reach each key efficiently. Doing so will also force you to begin your practice by going for accuracy if you aren't accustomed to the position because your fingers will be unfamiliar with key locations and will force you to slow down and focus on accuracy.

[@user3623]

This was very helpful, normally I'd get scores of 115 and such but I tried going for accuracy and my typing speed just greatly increased in one test, this guy's tips are really useful.

[@WarriorHabits]

Thanks Ahmed, I noticed the same thing. Focusing on typing at consistent speed with high accuracy yields higher WPM scores than consciously trying to slam out the words as fast as possible.

[@WarriorHabits]

Ahmed, glad to hear that my tips helped you. 115 is already really fast - nice work!

[@user3623]

@@WarriorHabits After following your tips for 2 months, I have increased my typing speed from 115 to 151, those tips are very useful, thank you very much.

[@WarriorHabits]

@@user3623 That's an awesome result. You're faster than me now :) What does your daily practice routine look like?

[@user3623]

@@WarriorHabits I haven't been practicing alot recently because I had school exams, but my daily practice routine is I start off with typeracer to warm up my fingers because typeracer has many quotes and they are very good for warming up your fingers. After I'm warmed up I go to 10ff and play multiplayer to make sure I'm warmed up enough to type fast. After I get a good score on multiplayer I go to the normal typing test and try typing in two ways. The first way is slowly with good accuracy so my accuracy for the rest of the day is good, and really quickly and trying to keep a relatively decent accuracy. The second technique has worked really good for me so I use it after I take the first two tests. I try to minimize pauses and maintain my speed even if my fingers get tired. I try not to type too hard because that would make my fingers bounce back off the key slower. If I want to type fast then I have to hit the keys lightly and try to type more with my fingers than with my whole arm. If I'm typing well at 145+ wpm then I try to sprint through the test as fast as I can while keeping the accuracy decent. I usually get 147-149 when I try that but sometimes it does increase my typing speed by alot. I do this sprint three times with a 15 second break so my fingers dont get tired then I take a break that's a bit longer then I start practicing with that sprint again. That has been increasing my typing speed greatly as I went from 140 to 150 in around 2-3 weeks. I think this way of practice helps me increase my speed because it makes my fingers more used to the words in 10fastfingers and my fingers type the words really fast because of muscle memory. Personally, I'm a text sprinter but I can type for a decent amount of time at a speed of more than 130 but less than 140. Some people work on typing for a long time and run typing marathons. One of the fastest typists in the world, Sean Wrona. can type 170 words per minute in 50 minutes and 220 words per minute in a one minute test. He is one of the people that works on being a marathon typist and a sprinter which is really good because if you work on typing for a really good time then maintaining your speed in a one minute test would not be a problem because you will eventually get used to maintaining your speed for over ten minutes. If you can do both marathon and sprints then It will be easy for you to hit your top speed and maintain it over a long period of time which will help you increase your typing speed if you keep working on sprinting more you will easily go from speeds of 140-160 in the course of two months or if you're very good at maintaining speed and sprinting then you can get it in a month and a few weeks. If you really want to improve then you can take tips from anyone that's 160+ words per minute. They usually have really good tips for typing. If you can practice with someone that's faster than you then maybe the competition and the practice will make you faster in a shorter amount of time than if you just practice. You can also try practicing in a variety of sites to increase your typing speed. You can try TyperA for hard long words and other sites so you can have a wide variety of words that your fingers will memorize and type them fast from muscle memory. I was originally speaking about how I practice but I got off topic for a bit. Sorry for that, have a nice day.

[@mamunurrashid5652]

Excellent...

[@unitychansmmd3905]

I recommend typeracer over ten fast finger as it copy quote or paragraph from movie or book. It also comes with instant death mode which is ideal for accuracy.

[@WarriorHabits]

Good point about the instant death mode. I didn't know about that feature!

[@eldelacajita]

You can also use the "hardcore mode" in 10FastFingers (under the "top 1000" menu). It's much better than TypeRacer because you don't need to reach for the mouse to accept those annoying little popups. You just tap enter and start typing again.

[@alexy.9306]

1 thousandth subscriber, thanks for the help

[@WarriorHabits]

Wow, you're right. Thanks for subscribing Spelvige :)

[@Justmejustmejustmeeeee]

I started typing in keyboard without looking from zero and I type maximum 31wpm, 4days left since I started!!!( I practice 4 or 5 hours a day).

[@stephanierudloff8657]

There was some good information in this video. There was one mistake when speaking about practicing from books or a Kindle (blind "coyping"). But, beside that, when typing you must be accurate as was stated in the video. Accuracy also includes using proper grammar (no texting language), correct capitalization, correct spacing, and correct punctuation. I see a lot of mistakes in the comments.

[@WarriorHabits]

Totally agree Stephanie, good points.

[@kennedywaweru]

I'll comment on the progress after practising for two months following this video. Before watching this video Current Speed: 62 WPM.

[@kennedywaweru]

Two months After: 10fastfingers my 1 minute test speed is 78 WPM. I'll be here before the end of the year to confirm I hit 100 WPM.

[@KarthikeyanHaldurai]

Thank you 😊

[@Keegan-T]

the legendary typist sean wroma

[@AG20120]

Thank you very much

[@manas_singh]

I have been edging since two months and now my coitus improved from 4.7 minutes to 9.2minutes.

[@toufikbousbassi609]

Do you type the same text in the first exercise everyday or different text? Thank you!

[@marcinb895]

"übung macht den meister" - Practice makes perfect

[@slambodianjones]

I average 115 now, gonna try this out! I play fingerstyle guitar too, am wondering if that helps.

[@joedartonthefenderbass]

Pretty much all instruments involving using your fingers will help

[@mocarram]

From my experience I would say, often time there will be roadblocks that will seem impossible to overcome. Like you are typing at your fullest but still not seeing a better result for some time. If you are averaging 50 WPM, then you may hold there for some time. It varies from person to person, but roadblocks are there to come. Tip: It's totally natural and you just have to calm down at keep going with your practice, soon you will see you are past that roadblock and going smooth. ** For those who like to have fun, www.nitrotype.com would be a nice platform where you race by typing. Personally, I like it there. ** If you are a programmer, then sites like www.speedcoder.net or typing.io will make you shiny enough. So practical.

[@gaproductions433]

You are quite literally the CrossFit instructor of typing.

[@TouchedAlot]

I injured my wrist a few years ago: I feel pain after typing for a few minutes. I can type at 130 WPM without errors on 10 Fast Fingers, but only on the first test of the day. If I continue typing my speed drops to around 70 WPM. If I try going any faster I start making errors on every single word. I would like to type faster but the practice seems to make me slower. In fact, if I don't type for a few days my speed tends to increase. Do you have any tips to increase my typing speed?

[@Mboy556]

have you tryed colmak/workman/norman? i'm using dvorak but I ain't much happy about it, but it's muuuch better then qwerty

[@viporal7898]

I've always had almost 100% accuracy. I couldn't allow myself to make mistakes

[@Adrenaline_chaser]

Wish I had your habit. I was instead obsessed with speed and now I can type 40 wpm but with like 15 mistakes😞😞 (in keybr)

[@UpbeatTempo]

And I’m the complete opposite lmao. I can type around 100-115 wpm, but I make so many mistakes and always have but i always know as soon as I do and spam backspace. I probably press backspace more than any other button and if I could get myself to finally stop making mistakes my wpm would go up like crazy

[@nomegusta3942]

@@UpbeatTempo same wtf i can literally feel the mistakes in my fingers just waiting to culminate

[@UpbeatTempo]

@@nomegusta3942 lmao its not me typing without mistakes. I've always made them but have always typed fast enough compared to everyone else I knew that it didnt matter but now that im tryna stop making mistakes its so hard lmfao

[@xPsydxck]

@@UpbeatTempo well try the blind challenge from a textbook which contains all kind of words containing all letters. I type from a chemistry textbook which contains a lot of words like "probability", "nucleus", "affinity", "electrostatic", "Zeff", "electronegativity" and elements like carbon, nitrogen, silicon. Even though these words are barely used but they help in increasing speed and accuracy while typing critical letters like z,x,q,p etc a lot!!

[@outtabubblegum7034]

Extra tip: try to keep your fingers almost touching the keys all the time. Reduces de distance the fingers need to travel, adding a bit more speed. Also, try to move more your fingers, instead of your hands/arms.

[@WarriorHabits]

I agree, good tips! Do you rest your wrist on the desk or elevate them so they're not resting on anything? I've seen people argue for both sides of the fence

[@outtabubblegum7034]

I elevate them. Did you ever see a pianist? Same concept :D If you rest, you will have to expend a bit of time to elevate them (or else you will not be able to reach some keys). Also, keeping them elevated will keep hand/arms aligned, with a better blood flow.

[@WarriorHabits]

Yeah good points, I have experimented with both approaches and do tend to type faster with wrists elevated. What's your WPM btw?

[@outtabubblegum7034]

90~100 WPM in Portuguese (at the 10fastfingers 1min normal typing test - but it's harder than english, because we have accents). My goal is to reach and keep a steady average 130 WPM, but I think there is something wrong with my fingers. I got to see a doctor.

[@WarriorHabits]

That must be much harder with languages that have accents - nice job, man!

[@user-yd9xy3rb4x]

Will do

[@dougagne7102]

Before: This took me 100 minutes to type After: This took me 1 second to type