Practice
Build accuracy and speed with focused drills. Pick a weakness, a part of the keyboard, or real words and sentences. Nothing here is locked.
Practice by keyboard row
Drill one row at a time, or the number row's long reaches.
- Practise Home rowDrill the eight keys your fingers rest on. The home row is the reference point every other reach returns to, so it is worth revisiting however experienced you are.Keys: A, S, D, F, J, K, L, ;.Practise
- Practise Top rowPractise reaching up from the home row and coming straight back down again.Keys: Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P.Practise
- Practise Bottom rowThe bottom row asks for shorter but more awkward reaches, and it is where most people fall back on the wrong finger.Keys: Z, X, C, V, B, N, M.Practise
- Practise NumbersThe longest reaches on the keyboard, and the ones most typists never learn without looking down.Keys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.Practise
Practice by hand
Keep each finger in its own column, one hand at a time.
Build real typing
Words and sentences, where typing starts to feel like writing.
- Practise Common wordsPractise on real words rather than key patterns, which is where typing starts to feel like writing.For example: step read part world toward standPractise
- Practise SentencesFull sentences with punctuation and capital letters, using Shift on the opposite hand.For example: Every answer starts with a better question.Practise