Type Faster on the Keyboard: Top Tips and Techniques

Learn how to type faster on a keyboard with essential tips and advice for typists of any skill level. Discover the importance of staying motivated, being disciplined with practice and always returning to the home row. Try out an advanced typing technique that can help even the fastest typists improve their typing speed.
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📋 Table of Contents
Intro: 0:00
Muscle memory: 00:43
Staying motivated: 01:11
Benefits of fast typing: 02:16
Posture: 02:45
The Home Row / finger chart: 03:05
F and J key ridges: 03:55
No typing and keyboard looking: 04:06
Managing the learning curve: 04:58
Typing practice strategies: 05:17
Working on difficult keystrokes: 05:56
Advanced scanning technique: 06:44
Weathering the grind: 08:16
Outro: 09:31
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[@rohitkarir2168]

Hey Anson, the best aspect of your video was that you empathized with the thoughts and feelings of beginners. The frustration, sometimes the uselessness of doing something mechanical, and the goddamn its! I think you also ought to emphasize that the feeling one gets when there's improvement in knowing the position of keys without looking is priceless, and that incremental progress acts as a motivator. Bye, all the best, all the way from India.

[@genralconbie7691]

This is really well made. My friend sent me this tutorial and at first I kind of thought it would be useless to me because I am already a very fast typer. However, that part about scanning really hit home and I have the exact problem you described, so I am going to start practicing that now. Great video!

[@AnsonAlexander]

That's great to hear. I find that a lot of typers kind of plateau and then stop improving but working on separating your brain from from your fingers with scanning can help you think ahead more.

[@ibrahimramadan1641]

Hey Anson you don't need just like or share you deserve to join your channel , form my heart thank you a lot , you helped me to fix a lot of problems , as typist form a couple of years but I haven't ever evolve except after watching your video , thanks again for your valuable tips and tricks

[@ewaweru]

Thank you The lessons have been very helpful.I am going to start practicing

[@dinahnabs8156]

Thank you so much for that lesson I really appreciate

[@AnsonAlexander]

You're welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful Dinah!

[@asankarajapaksha3926]

Great guidance sir...!!! 👋👋👋🙏

[@AnsonAlexander]

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!

[@sharondaslife]

Great videos and encouragement!!

[@AnsonAlexander]

Thank you, good luck with speedy typing!

[@georgeriwaochieng7303]

Great stuff for beginners

[@AnsonAlexander]

Glad it was helpful! Did you see the advanced tip as well? Not many know about scanning...

[@pamelakilgore7836]

Wow! Thanks for presentation. Pamela in Detroit

[@AnsonAlexander]

You're welcome, thanks for stopping by!

[@harveysp5899]

Great as always❤ Could you make a video on the Almena Method, please?

[@AnsonAlexander]

I will think about it. I don't know too much about it but, I do know, that if you actually want to type fast and accurate you have to put in the time and effort and "The Almena Method" seems too good to be true so I am very skeptical.

[@adesanyastephen3242]

You are the best sir ❤

[@AnsonAlexander]

Thanks!

[@deecastaneda9820]

I am going to try breaking my 35 yrs of muscle memory typing with my index fingers ha! Thanks for this great set of tutorials.

[@temmyjane]

Awesome video! You're a great motivator. I'm still on 24-29WPM and l wanna go really faster without looking at the keys cos l still do.

[@AnsonAlexander]

Thanks! That was one of my main goals with this video because, at the end of the day, touch typing is all about practice so it's my hope that through these lessons, learners will become more motivated to take their typing to the next level.

[@temmyjane]

@@AnsonAlexander I will do my best to take my typing to the next level

[@georgeworsfold2068]

I have been typing for over 45 years, and yes I did a 12 month course in typing and shorthand. While I agree with some of the points you raised, especially for beginners, no matter how fast (or want to type) and be efficient and fast in getting things done, accuracy is the number 1 rule. Without accuracy, your end product will consist of errors, riddled with punctuation, comprehension and unprofessional in your work effort. I can confidently type without looking and I do a lot of digital transcription work, however, the end goal is for accuracy, as the end result will be displayed on a webpage. I would rather feel good knowing that a document I created or transcribed is error free rather than have to go back and correct errors that I could have avoided from the start. Type slowly and accurately is my message.

[@AnsonAlexander]

Yes, absolutely, I never promote not typing accurately! Have you watched my Top 10 Typing Mistakes video? You'll see how hard I hammer home how important accuracy is. Whenever I talk about typing fast, I'm talking about typing fast while being accurate. I guess the accuracy part was too implied in this video but, I definitely agree, accuracy is the most important aspect of touch typing and I would never promote otherwise. My preference, however, is to type perfectly accurate AND FAST - at the same time. :D

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