How to avoid being too antsy on the keyboard

[toddhicks209]

Being in a hurry consciously or unconsciously can throw your timing off when you must type a word that starts with a capital letter. For example, you can avoid making your hands come off the keyboard prematurely by hitting a "Shift" key with one hand then saying "Hold" while reaching for a certain key with your other hand.

[ZappX]

Don't start a new topic every time you have a piece of advice, one is enough. And your reply in the Persian topic was completely uncalled for. Of course you don't understand the language and commenting by quote

Your post is virtually unreadable.

is just silly at best. Have some respect. This is a multilingual board, so you can post in any language you want, as long as it's relevant. And I'm wondering why someone who claims to know typing thinks everyone over 160 WPM is probably cheating by "speech recognition", quote

You are already typing incredibly fast. You might not be able to get much better. Those who are typing 160 wpm are probably using speech recognition typing software.

First of all it's not uncommon to find people typing 160+ WPM, as you should know. Secondly, the cheaters on this site do not use such a "sophisticated" method. It's unfortunately much easier than that, which we endure daily. I'm sure you are writing all these comments to front your own typing blog. Well, show us what you've got. How much training have you done, and how fast are you?

[toddhicks209]

I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to anyone.

[ZappX]

Ok, so I guess you were trying to be funny or didn't realize it was a language. Either way, it didn't come out well.

[toddhicks209]

I wish to apologize to you, Zapp.

[ZappX]

No need to apologize to me personally. As long as you don't bring up old topics with irrelevant comments and don't start a new topic for every new message, you'll do fine!

[toddhicks209]

One thing you can do to easily hit the keys on the bottom row is to bring your right hand back far enough so that you can clearly see the comma, period and slant mark keys. Another is to use the fifth finger on your left hand to type a Z and use your fourth finger to type an X.

[toddhicks209]

After hitting keys on the top or bottom rows, you can easily get your hands back to the starting position without looking at the keyboard by making sure the tip of your second finger on each hand feels the groove on the F and J keys.

[toddhicks209]

You will do better on ten key tests and exercises by using the proper fundamentals. Before getting started, put the 2nd finger of your left hand on the number 4 key and put the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers of your right hand on the "5", "6" and plus sign keys. Use the same finger to hit all keys that are in the same column. For example, you should use the 4th finger on your right hand to hit the minus sign, plus sign and "Enter" keys.

[toddhicks209]

When typing wha words, immediately lift your left hand after typing a W so that your wobbly pinky does not hit the A key before it is time for you to hit it. Type: what whale wharf