Learning to Type properly with Touch Typing (aged 40)

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Learning to type faster with touch typing.
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@LauraTryUK 9 месяцев назад

an update one year on: I am now fully touch typing without thinking about it, and my speed has increased and continues to increase. I don't need to look at the keyboard as much and I am really pleased I took the time to learn how to type properly. It was a frustrating few weeks but now I have the skill for life - speed increased, efficiency increased, wrist pain decreased. Winner!

@thisusedtobemyrealname7876 7 месяцев назад

That's great to hear! It is like learning to play a new instrument and you can't really rush your brain to make all those new connections since it is not under your voluntary control how fast it happens. That fatigue you were feeling at the beginning was your brain telling you that it has had all it can handle for the day and needs some rest to process all that was learned and to make all those new connections needed for progress. I have to point this out: I hope your accuracy has improved as well since 75% accuracy is not ideal at all if you want to type fast and efficiently since you will have to correct your mistakes so much all the time. The rule of thumb I think is you should always aim for at least 96% accuracy when practicing. If your accuracy drops below that you need to humble yourself and go slower next time so you don't pick up bad habits, being speed over accuracy.

@cancelik 7 месяцев назад

I ve been typing with 3 + 3 = 6 fingers with "hunt and peck" style for 20 years (I m 38 yo) and easily type 90 WPM. Just worked on touch-typing for 5 days, 10 hours daily (50 hours in total) and grinded very hard. I can type 20 WPM maximum. And the progression looks fucking slow. So why would I bother with re-shaping my muscle memory for touch-typing. It s pretty silly thing.

@thisusedtobemyrealname7876 7 месяцев назад

@@cancelik Of course people can type the way they feel is best for them. 90wpm is plenty of speed for any job. I was typing at maximum of 66wpm with my previous hunt and peck style. However I made lots of spelling errors and had to look at the keyboard often when typing. After 2 weeks of intense practice of touch typing my current top speed is 70wpm while averaging at 53 wpm. I no longer have to watch the keyboard at all and typing feels much more fun for me this way and I see it as a fun hobby to try to improve my skills on now. My current goal is to reach 100wpm since that is where one of my friend currently sits at who also had not even heard of touch typing before. So in conclusion, just do what feels right for you, there is no right way to type if how you type works for you.

@amandajean9932 4 месяца назад

Thankyou for this. I never had an office job so I don’t learn to TT; but am now studying at almost 40yo and 20wpm is no longer sufficient for assignments. I am 10 days in and already have improved.

@InfoSecGSO 4 месяца назад

Nice, at this point it can be pretty fun swapping out the regular key caps for blank ones .

@SewTubular Год назад

In my High School typing class in grade 8, we had a typing teacher who lost 3 fingers on one hand and 2 fingers on her other hand ( she had been in a car accident long before I joined that school ), yet using the stumps of her fingers she was able to type at 90 words per minute. She was so dang inspirational. I was struggling at 20 words per minute, yet she could whiz by all of us with just stumps for fingers on both hands. ( I never complained about how hard typing was for the whole year I was in her class ) I got better, but never made it past 40 words per minute.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Crikey, now that's a story - very inspirational! Are you tempted to push past 40wpm?

@SewTubular Год назад

@@LauraTryUK Right now I type on a very flat laptop keyboard. I think I need a keyboard with deeper keys to go faster...

@clairegiani4722 Год назад

This video really made me smile. Being of a similar age and had also had learned some bad typing habits. I needed to see a video of someone else growling at the computer! I growl an awful lot! So thank you for that. For context been tryping practice for approx 10- 15 mins a day for 3 months now and gone from 40 wpm to mid 50s.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Hey Claire, it is so nice to read your comment, thank you. Well done for re-training yourself - it's so hard to do after years of the wrong way. It's great your making improvements! It's now, about 6 months after first learning, that I realise how much my typing has improved (I wrote all this with touch typing and not looking at the keyboard) an ongoing process that I work on. All the best - please do keep me posted 🙏🏼

@e555t66 Год назад

Nice. I am 40 and I started touch typing during the covid time and now I got to 110 on keybr, 100(200 words) , 80(1k words) on monkeytpe. It is better to use typeracer as soon as you get above 50 in keybr as it forces you to correct the mistakes and use punctuation and caps.

@Dessi101 Год назад

I'm 37 and I still do the "pekfingervals" as we say in Sweden. It translates to indexfinger-waltz😂 LOVE that you're back btw! ❤

@Briardie Год назад

Fantastic! I learnt touch typing in the late 70s on a two year secretarial course. I bought a clunky manual typewriter to practice on. I was the fastest touch typist in my year completing all the assignments in exams. I could go 80+ words a minute. Not bad on manual and electric typewriters, back then. Word processors were only Just coming in. Stick with it. You get in a rhythm and it becomes automatic like riding a bike. You can guess with bashing those clunky keys, I have severe osteoarthritis in both hands now. I will definitely look at those websites to check my scores now.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I would love to know your scores seeing as you were a typewriter pro! The muscle memory is coming but it is taking some time!

@tedburke525 6 месяцев назад

I'm relearning touch typing at 47, so I watched quite a few RU-vid videos about it. This is the first honest one I've seen! Learning _how_ to touch type is easy; Learning to touch type fast is difficult; Learning not to type the other faster way your brain already likes is almost impossible!

@veragiles981 Год назад

22 years ago I gave into the realisation that typing was the only way forward for my severely dyslexic boys. Writing was so hard for them; I couldn't read it and they couldn't read it back and it was painfully slow. At the time Pitman's allowed them to go to typing lessons on a Saturday morning and it was brilliant. They still make mistakes but learning to type properly has been a huge benefit for them. As for my daughter who joined her brothers for lessons; she can hold a conversation over her shoulder whilst typing accurately at great speed. Invaluable!

@trappart9209 Год назад

It's great 😊

@LindsayHaven Год назад

When you said 7 days I did think that was a really tough goal. In my opinion, learning something is sometimes easier than relearning something because you don't have to overcome all the bad habits you already have. I definitely think hitting the same typing speed in one week with a new typing method is amazing. Great job.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I had seen other people achieve incredible results in 7 days online so thought I would give it a bash. I'm kinda pleased I tried it as it forced me to cram learning into a short space of time which accelerated my progress. However, I am so pleased I am 5 months on now and have adapted as learning was very tricky!

@Britbabe53 6 месяцев назад

I took touch typing in high school in the late 60's and it was the most valuable skill I ever learned in hindsight.

@MobaCry Год назад

No doubt that is a very clear win... From 41 word per minute with a bad technique, to 53 wpm with a very nice technique... If that's not a win what is it... I am always impressed by your challenges... 👏👏👏👏😮😮😮. You are amazing 👍

@klimtkahlo Год назад

I feel exactly the same!!!❤

@tw2210 6 месяцев назад

Really nice video Laura and very inspirational. Best regards, Tim

@silentshade7975 Год назад

I loved this video! You framed the progress you'd made as the real success even if the original goal was a stretch. I'm motivated now to get after my own goals

@markwilliamson9140 Год назад

Hey Laura, how are you? How you been? Missed you and your videos so much. Great to have you back. ✌️😀

@LauraTryUK Год назад

All good here Mark, thanks for asking. I have lots of videos ready to go in the next few weeks so hopefully you will enjoy them 😀

@markwilliamson9140 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK looking forward to it 😀

@UtmostOutdoors Год назад

Hey Welcome back Laura! (This is the first new video of yours that I've watched since you took your break.) Great to see your style of video again! I appreciate the down to earth approach to learning and how your videos just seem like more of a look into your real life and realistic challenge rather than an overly polished "everything is perfect and easy" kind of thing. I feel oddly motivated to learn to type now! Looking forward to more, keep on keeping on!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Hey Utmost, thanks for the lovely comment, it's so nice to know you and others enjoy the video. It's a bit of change of direction recently (more sustainable for me, plus things I've wanted to learn for a long time now) so means a lot to know others are enjoying and feeling motivated.

@nevertoolate8589 Год назад

Loving all these “new skills” videos!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I am please you like them NTL - kinda using your profile name as inspiration.

@nevertoolate8589 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK my go to mantra! Thanks I’m flattered 😃

@kriscanmanifest Год назад

My test on first try while listening to this video was 66 wpm and only missed 1 word. I also think my score was lower because I was trying to focus on listening to you while I was also doing the test LOL. My typing speed was incredibly fast when I was in high school when I took computer / typing class. This was great seeing you tackle this. It's also good to note that your typing speed will always be slower when you use a keyboard you're not used to using on a daily basis. Jay Vincent (a fitness youtuber) actually uses typing as an example of what he calls "the law of specificity," where if someone is trying to learn how to type, it will be a lot harder for them to learn if you keep switching the keyboard they're using. He was teaching this to say that people who do exercises unrelated to their sport are not actually helping them get better at their sport, because their practice is not specific to what they're trying to accomplish. Thank you for sharing this and congrats on your progress :)

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I loved this comment! And kudos for doing the typing test _and_ watching the video 😂

@aminemaravalo31 Год назад

Very happy to see you again thanks for your nice védios laura ...i love you ....👨‍❤‍💋‍👨❤❤💓💗🌹. You still the best.....about the new vlog ....I tried it but it always makes mistakes in the words and more than that it makes you anxious. Contrary to if you train your mind to write slowly, you will become more calm and comfortable.....This is my experience.....Perhaps those who have a lot of work, such as giant companies or sensitive positions,........) only need to write quickly.

@hugaflower 11 месяцев назад

I thank you sooooo very much for sharing this video!! I don't feel so alone, like I totally am the same. I have years of typing with one hand. But I decided to go back to school taking a business management class which requires learning how to type the correct way. This is what gets me, I will practice, then am ready to be timed, and it is like my brain skips or freezes and I miss one or two letters which sets off my WPM average to zilch( well, not as good as it could be). It is so frustrating, but I after watching your video, I have a bit hope, now. So, thank you !!! I am sure glad RU-vid suggested your video in my youtube home page.

@debbiedann5902 Год назад

I love this, well done Laura! I learned to TT at evening class using the Scheidegger method which involved having the keys covered with colour coded caps so I couldn’t see the letters and typing in time to music that got progressively faster as the weeks went by to develop a rhythm and constant ‘flow’. I’m at a keyboard every day for work and still easily rattle out 80-90wpm. Good life skill!

@Indoor-Cyling-Revolution Год назад

I learned how to type properly when, out of sheer happenstance, it turns out I needed a specific credit in order to graduate from high school after transferring around so many high schools in my youth. So I took typing… It was one of the best classes I’ve ever taken, and probably one of the classes in my education that has helped me the most throughout my life. And now, as a professional screenwriter and member of the writers Guild of America, I honestly don’t know where I would be had I not learned how to type properly. However, I was never able to achieve a consistent speed of 80 words per minute, my average is around 60 words per minute. Kudos to you for making this effort! Keep TRYing new things. Love it!

@chris35932 Год назад

Definitely a win, well done Laura - another great challenge 👍

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Cheers Chris 🙏🏼

@benmacklin8365 Год назад

LT I was the same and decided to teach myself while I was on shift in the army. You did so much h better than me and km still not amazing but its such a valuable skill. Well done and you continue to be an awesome inspiration 👏 🙌 😀

@brionia9760 Год назад

Definitely a win, well done 🎉

@tismeDenis Год назад

Funny when my penny drops & surrender to the fact that 'this lady' with her video content is becoming addictive as I sit here mustering up my energy to get to the gym knowing that I too need to at least type in my future too 😂 thanks again for another well planned together interesting video. Very inspiring with an every day consideration about what many would love to do. 💪👍

@feudiable Год назад

3:22 see charlie got the touch typing down, charlie can type without looking using all four paws! :D

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Don't you know it! He knows all the skills 🐈‍⬛😎

@wagfinpis 8 месяцев назад

I've been using multiple apps and watching lots of videos with tips and antidotes for almost 4 months, with several hours of practice and I've gone from around 20 wpm, with 5-finger looking at the keyboard typing, to around 23 wpm 10-finger touch typing.

@navi0822 Год назад

I really enjoyed this video. Something completely different from what I am used to watching. I am usually watching videos of keyboards and desk set ups and I stumbled upon your video. I learned to type faster than my friends due to gaming and msn messenger when it was very popular in Mexico. It wasn't until I started watching typing videos that I realized that my style of typing was not ideal. It helped me a lot to mimic the people from the videos and just let my mind flow with my fingers. I think that it is absolutely awesome the progress that you made and I will be sharing this video with my wife since she likes a little more explanation in videos. Keep up the great work! As for my typing speed. 94 wpm at 100% for 15 seconds 82 wpm at 98% for 30 seconds 75 wpm at 98% for 60 seconds. and I hope I can continue to improve :)

@alejandrombritoscursos 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the video. I am exactly in the same situation, and I am experiencing what you went through. I have practised 75 hours in two and a half months. My speed is around 30, which is slow for how much practice I have done. This is quite addictive. Thanks for a realistic video.

@LauraTryUK 8 месяцев назад

keep practicing, it will be worth it. I found the split keyboard helped loads.

@nnakauchenna4647 5 месяцев назад

now that cat is a life saver lol I like the video. especially that frustration one get typing "O" for the 13 time

@Pink_Stardust 8 месяцев назад

Never hit the subscribe button so fast. I love the vibes of this channel. Its never too late to learn

@LauraTryUK 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for subscribing, I'm so pleased you like the vibes 💫

@MikeJohnMentzer Год назад

3:24 It's cute how he was helping you by blocking the keyboard so that you won't look at it while typing !

@javavina2266 Год назад

i learned it as an exchange student in an american high school. i am so glad, i took that class ages ago. it is one of my super powers ;-)

@LauraTryUK Год назад

a great skill to have and one that lasts forever I expect.

@javavina2266 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK yes ... once you force yourself to use this method ... whatsoever! ... it sinks in and becomes natural

@spud1300 Год назад

I guess this is a skill that I totally take for granted. Nice to see you crushing it!

@garyinternet5436 Год назад

Laura, I'm late to your channel and late to this video. What a brilliant channel and well done on your progress. I learned to touch type during the pandemic in 2020 just after my 38th birthday when I started a new job in a new industry and realised how poor my typing skills were. I've become something of a typing nerd and even moderate on a forum about typing. I just wanted to say that I hope you are still touch typing. Just know that you only need about 10 to 15 minutes of formal practice per day in order to keep making progress. Possibly less than that if you also do a lot of typing each day as part of your job. They key thing to continually focus on is accuracy, i.e. typing each word correctly rather than incorrectly. Typing speed is nothing more than accurate repetitions of each word over time. Generally the people that can type at over 100 wpm or even over 150 wpm are simply the people who have spent the most time typing of the course of about a decade, but they'll typically try and tell you to use this site or that site or this method or that method. The short version is, once you've learned to touch type, just keep doing it. Keep typing as best you can and never look at the keyboard.

@alicemcintyre4955 11 месяцев назад

This takes me back! I had to practice touch typing on Dance Mat Typing nearly every day during online learning in primary school. It’s such a goofy website, all these different animals teach you different progressions and give you games and then they sing a song for you when you’ve learned their thing. Nowadays I don’t actually touch type properly, I don’t use my last two fingers as much as I should and I jump around the keyboard a bit, but I do use a lot of the skills I learned in touch typing. I’ll have to test myself and see what my typing speed is! :)

@abigwhale1043 Год назад

I really like the challenges you do. Perhaps you could try one where you try to read a book a week or smthng

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I have speed reading on my list as I am a very slow reader, but really love reading books - takes me ages to read.

@abigwhale1043 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK Speed reading is an awesome idea! I wanna try it too

@fc4660 10 месяцев назад

I just watched that video so you made it happen!

@applegal3058 Год назад

I learned to type in high-school. I was the only one in class who focused when my classmates chatted and goofed off, since we were left in the room by the teacher and expected to use a computer software to learn. I type like a freaking speed demon lol. I work in an office, so I use this skill all the time. My keyboard tray is under my desk, so I never look at the keyboard except for some uncommonly used symbols, which is exceedingly rare. It's the one thing in high school that I use in real life.

@Pipkiss Год назад

I can't believe you're at 70k! Road to 100k 😁 Awesome video. Keep it up.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Thank yoooooou Pipkis!

@jacquesstrauss6975 Год назад

I am looking forward to see the unicycle video. I learned unicycling during lockdown in South Africa as a fun way to keep fit while the gym's were all closed. It is a super fun but incredibly frustrating thing to learn (Well at least for me)

@Paramveer108 Год назад

You are an Inspiration.

@ut561 Год назад

Like the closeup at 44 seconds :)

@LauraTryUK Год назад

woooah, I found it kinda scary.

@abigaildavid8009 3 месяца назад

I gave myself a lot more time than a week to learn touch typing 😊 I'm noticing a slow but very steady improvement.

@LifeHackerMax Год назад

Since you first posted about wanting to learn speed typing I’ve been using this weird split keyboard with 32 key that uses combinations of 2 keys to get more letters. I managed to reach as far as 45wpm on it by training 1h/day for some time. Now it the only keyboard I use. And like you said: even if it’s not faster, the fact that you are doing it differently feels great 👍🏼. Great video!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

details on this strange keyboard thing please 🙏🏼

@LifeHackerMax Год назад

@@LauraTryUK the keyboard is diy. The one I am using right now it is the second one I built and I made a short about the concept. But I made a more in depth video about the first one explaining how it works. There are also some crazy keyboard out there that are made commercially but I love to build things and the split keyboard was a fun project. I don’t know if it’s ok to link the video so I am not going to but you can take a look on my channel. You should find it easily.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

@@LifeHackerMax defo link the video. it should allow it. If not I will take a look at restricted comments and send it in here. It all sounds very interesting.

@LifeHackerMax Год назад

@@LauraTryUK here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hC3TyvBmeS8.html . I hope you like it! 😊 Just to make an idea of what I am going for, my next version will be mounted on the hand rest of an IKEA chair. The goal is to remove the desk all together 😈. Like you, I am trying all sorts of crazy things 🙃.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

@@LifeHackerMax I totally love it!!!!!! I admire your skill and patience to make something like that!

@Maars36 Год назад

Just started a few days ago at age 50 started at 6 words per minute now after a few days I am 28 feeling pretty good then my brain and fingers go in different ways 😂, you are right when I don't think about it I do great the moment I think about it my speed goes down I decided to focus on accuracy to see if that will eventually help with my speed.

@klegessegelk7527 Год назад

I love that I learned touch typing shortly after school. I use it for over 20 years now and I can mostly type as fast as I think (well, almost)

@anniwilson2534 Год назад

Go LT! You did well! Something that helped me … A work colleague who could already touch type at 100+WPM covered up my keyboard letters with mini blank labels 😮 It was so tricky at first but I soon learnt where the keys were and adopted the starting position of index fingers on the F and J. Bizarrely I tend to go wrong if I look at the keys now 😁

@mrstiggywinkle Год назад

When I learnt to touch type at collage i was the slowest because i didn’t look. And in the end i was the quickest! I can still type without looking. Its a super power! 🤩

@LauraTryUK Год назад

That is very cool! (I am trying not to look as I write this reply 😆)

@timashot3286 Год назад

Thanks for sharing your experience!

@mateosotelo957 8 месяцев назад

Nice vid subscribed and also this video really helped me

@fc4660 10 месяцев назад

It’s win Laura!

@DzintarsDev 10 месяцев назад

I took it to the next level. First I learned just Qwerty touch typing on almost regular keyboard. Then... I got my split mechanical keyboard. And decided to ditch my Qwerty typing in favor of Colemak-DH in the same time learning to use that new 50% split keyboard. And I would say... it's not that difficult at all. It takes patience, but it's not difficult. Currently at 60+ WPM. Feeling quite comfortable. The goal would be to get into 80+. Also... when I was first time learning Qwerty, I sanded off letters from the key caps so that I have no reason to look at keyboard.

@typingforall Год назад

Amazing keyboarding tips

@haileysanchez8302 Год назад

I’m still typing really slow because I’m also trying to unlearn the bad habits I’ve made but I find it helpful to sound out the word rather than think of each letter individually

@colinbullock56 9 месяцев назад

My typing speed is 70 wpm. I love the channel. Keep making great videos. 😘

@Wolfsong957 Год назад

Laura you gotta try SPEED READING !!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I am 1,000,000% on this! Do you see read? Any tips?

@klimtkahlo Год назад

I was never taught typing of any sort in school. I tried to learn it too but I have lived in 4 different countries with three different keyboards/ languages and it makes it so challenging to teach my brain to memorize all the keyboards! I am relatively quick but I definitely need to look at the keyboard! Our generation was caught in between technology and lack thereof. A young co-worker asked me why I hadn’t googled something when I went to another country! I had to explain that before cells and before cells had internet, researching something was a whole ordeal and most libraries were not equipped with the information. Like how does salt look in one country opposed to the other. What time do grocery stores close? What religious holidays shut down a country… and then the same person did not know about the existence of my favorite painter and I said nothing but had to think to myself how anyone could not know with information so easily available… I had to watch documentaries on 4 tv channels! Ok vent session over… 😅

@brightfaith8403 Месяц назад

This is so interesting!

@Sharkie1717 Год назад

Charlie! Great vid!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Isn't he a dream 🐈‍⬛

@samanthaquant7411 Год назад

So thankful my mom made me learn touch typing as a kid

@ali3143 Год назад

I've dropped from a healthy 85-95wpm back in the day when I learnt at 16 on a manual typewriter (no backspace key!!) before computers became mainstream. I've just achieved a steady 71wpm from my test. Interesting that you notice that the correct positioning of your hands has led to less wrist pain though, that is a definite win!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

71 - what a great result. I can't imagine what 85-95 is like on a typewriter 😂 I think the word record still remains on a typewriter, 200+wpm!

@ali3143 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK yeah, I have no idea how anyone can type that fast! My fingers just don't do the thing or maybe it's my brain holding me back?!!

@Emma-Maze Год назад

I love your channel, keep it up!

@bipinbecky Год назад

very inspiring! thank you!!

@nickgoogle4525 10 дней назад

Why set an (unrealistic) goal? You would not expect to learn piano in 7 days and play a concert either.

@Shawker0 8 месяцев назад

Meanwhile I'm over here with a split keyboard that I've separated and have my dinner and mug in the middle between the halves, try crossing my dinner plate with your index finger lol

@kimhenningnielsen2882 Год назад

Hey Laura, Congrats with the new skill 🤩🤩🤩 nice looking with your glases on 😍😍😍😍

@gyaniadmi2347 Год назад

I learner typing in the 90s.whem I was in College on a typewriter( brother brand ) I still have that typewriter, it was very tough. I can do 80-100 wpm.

@sunbuntm Год назад

I know I'm four months late, but it's really important that you don't look at the keyboard while typing. Remember to practise typing atleast 15 minutes daily. Don't forget to learn the puncuation keys aswell. You should reach 80 wpm in no time. You did really well, great job!

@laurapettit898 Год назад

I learnt to type thanks to msn messenger! I had touch typing lessons at school too with a cover over your hands but msn is what created the speed!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

MSN messenger - so so so funny!! I have very clear memories of that from secondary school 😂

@SPARTAN.JEROME-092 Год назад

When I have to do a Document, i put myself on NZT mode and finish the document within 2 hours 🤣🤣 that NZT soundtrack is the real NZT pill!!

@miojocomfarinha Год назад

39 yo. My typing speed is about 65 ~75 wpm. But I'm no longer trying to speed it up. 65 wpm is quite enough for what I need.

@slagaming6643 Год назад

Type the way u find it most comfortable unless you want to reach 200 WPM or higher. I type with 5 fingers only and can still get around 120 WPM

@ogagaskitchentwist7477 7 месяцев назад

45 wpm is my Raw speed 44 is my regular typing speed

@joecrumpler6865 Год назад

I learned in high school. It's one of my most valualable skills. I wish I had learned to spell better. :)

@lorraine.-. Год назад

I’ve literally just decided I need to learn how to type properly & I’m coming on 43. I type exactly the same way & it’s the unlearning the bad habits that I know is going to be the hardest 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m setting myself a 30 day goal to see how much I can improve. It’s going to take longer to reach any speed but the 30 days should be enough to learn finger mapping & retrain my brain to not look at the keyboard. Where are you at now, anymore improvement?

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Hey Lorraine, it's great to get your comment! Stick with it, it's totally worth it. I can now type without looking at the keyboard using all my fingers and the correct technique. I'm much quicker (haven't done a test in a while) but not making as many mistakes and my wrist feel good. It's a real challenge at the start and took about 3 months to re-programme, but the hardcore 30 days I think is a great plan to do a bit of a crash course reset. Please keep me posted 🙏🏼

@chaii_latte Год назад

50 wpm with hunt and peck. 15- 20 wpm right now learning. G and H are driving me nutz.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

you'll get there 💪 I and O killed me!!!!! I am full touch typing now. Couldn't imagine going back to how I used to be. Took about 4-5 months to fully get in the swing and not have to think about it.

@typeandtypes Год назад

i need 6 month to get 80wpm, i practice 20-40 minutes a day. It's a journey and it's fun.

@denispogodin1585 Год назад

training fine motor skills boosts your brain, significantly lowering the risk of developing multiple sclerosis and senile dementia (the last one is the one i fear the most)

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I am hoping to boost my brain and health by learning these things Denis.

@denispogodin1585 Год назад

@@LauraTryUK i suppose such a kind of typing can be included into the group of activities that is called cognitive gymnastics. I tried it once when i was involved in scientific research, the most fun part was trying to do finger exercises by two hands with asynchronous and opposite rhythm

@iggykoopaiskool Год назад

i usually type 130 wpm 150 if I'm going insane mode (but 150 is a lot of errors and a lot of backspacing)

@jakejones8032 Год назад

I just took a test and got 51 wpm. I've been faster in the past, but I don't type on a daily basis anymore. I learned 25 years ago in high school. My teacher was also the wrestling coach and if he caught you looking down at your fingers he would put you in a sleeper hold or headlock. I learned pretty quickly to keep my eyes up on the screen.

@buthex 5 месяцев назад

I'm 30 and experiencing the exat same frustration right now 😅

@HarryPotterFan2110 Год назад

Did you find the ergonomic keyboard useful? Didn’t see it that much in the video? I also have a Mac keyboard but find that my long(ish) nails get in the way of the keys. Also I always love a new Skillshare lesson! Thanks for the recommendation to Ali’s class!

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Hey Sophia. I found it helped a lot! I didn't and don't use it that much as it is big and doesn't really fit my desk set-up. I hope to get a permanent working desk in the future and I will use it more for sure.

@JaceFreeman3 6 месяцев назад

I love you 😅🤣

@ahmadazab7853 Год назад

Update?

@chevyimp5857 Год назад

Have you tried the video game "typing of the dead" sounds terrible but it's actually fun times.. great video as per usual.. thanks

@LauraTryUK Год назад

I have not tried this game, it does sound terrifying but I will check it out 😂

@bbsaid218 Год назад

😊

@LauraTryUK Год назад

the early bird catches the worm 🐛

@ronaldchampagne7753 7 месяцев назад

Now I can typing with all tan fingers now I can type is 40wpm.

@captainleegames4995 Год назад

Average typing speed is 120 I call this my average because this is me trying just a bit harder above casual as if typing to friends I average 95-100 when typing casual to friends but I have hit a personal record of mine to 243 wpm yesterday I honestly dont understand how

@alejandromadail Год назад

Hi Laura if you are going to learn touch typing don't use qwerty keyboard layouts but colemak or workman instead.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Oh my goodness!!!! My head would actually explode if I had to learn a new keyboard!!!! As in, actually. However, I can now see how inefficient a QWERTY is. Maybe a video for the future?

@JamesSmith-ix5jd Год назад

@@LauraTryUK I wouldn't bother, if you don't have an actual RSI from typing learning anything other than qwerty doesn't make sense, first of all your brain wiring will be incompatible with all computers in the world. What the point of learning touch typing if it only applies to your own computer? And second thing - comfort is often subjective, people who type in qwerty for 10+ years do find it quite comfortable, even if inefficient.

@NitishDiwakar Год назад

You look 50+ you are 50+

@ronaldchampagne7753 7 месяцев назад

And I typing may average wpm is in the 20 and 30wpm.

@glamdragon Год назад

Sorry for off topic, but where did you get that "standing desk setup"? 🤩

@nevertoolate8589 Год назад

She’s got a whole video on it if you search through them.

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Hey Alex, I have a couple of videos about the desk: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H8QT44K3c_g.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DTs0Pv2dn_o.html I hope you like them.

@itsbillz09 4 месяца назад

It's best to practice touch typing for 15 minutes a day for a long period.

@MikeJohnMentzer Год назад

This is the only accurate video I've seem! Others are like reaching from 30wpm to 90 in like 3-4 days which is off fake!

@chapmansbg Год назад

I feel like my typing is faster than most but after doing some tests I am am disappointed to know that my typing speed is only 55wpm.. with 98% accuracy.

@carlkolchak4437 Год назад

I want to learn to jump rope so I can get a good cardio workout. - 53 is not too shabby. I took typing/short hand in High School in 1972. I type just dandy but SHORT HAND??????

@LauraTryUK Год назад

Loving the jump rope rope idea - this is on my list too!

@thesenuts9036 Год назад

i average around 105-110, if i push myself i can hit 120 rather easily

@LhiaMarie 8 месяцев назад

45 yo and my typing speed is 32 wpm, unlimited backspace key, keeps on looking on the keyboard because I couldn't memorize the proper placement of fingers.😅

@LauraTryUK 8 месяцев назад

If you have the time and patience to learn tough typing, I highly recommend it. It feels great!