For the pain try to keep wrists in a neutral position while typing. Don't flex or extend the wrist . This is the most relaxed position for wrist. Otherwise you will end up with carpel tunnel syndrome.
I've used the site for a month and a half, coming from a decent typing speed. I am finally matching my previous speed of ~55wpm and getting better every day. At some point though, my old system was not working anymore as I was advancing in the course and that was messing with my old habits. So I was typing a lot slower than usual (in both incorrect and correct ways). This course definitely works, but it is a bit annoying at times with all those made up words, because some of them are almost a real word with a missing letter, which makes my brain read the real word and the hands follow. I'm a coder, so I now need to re-learn how to code efficiently using all my 10 fingers. Still struggling a bit with letter "P" when it is followed by an adjacent letter like "O". eg. in "people". Thanks for the video!
Keyby has been amazing for me. I never touch-typed in my life, then, after breaking my wrist in 3 places, and extensive surgery, there was no way I could look-type anymore, or use a traditional keyboard for any length of time, (needed a bio-mechanic/ergonomic keyboard). And so, I purchased a Kinesis Advantage 360 split keyboard, and holy ****. What a learning curve, not just learning to touch-type, but adjusting to the split keyboard too. After 3 months of 30 min a day on keybr, approximately 5 days a week, I am now proficient, albeit slow, 22wpm first thing in the morning, then 32wpm after I warm up. Despite that, it is so much fun. Wish I made myself learn to touch-type years ago, and wish I bought this keyboard years ago too. Thanks for the video. You got some helpful info.
I need to increase my typing skills fast to apply for a new position. I took this course in high school but texting over the years has ruined my typing skills. Thanks for this vid, I am hoping I will pick it up again quickly.
Wow so happy you chose my video for this, I’m honored! It really helped me to gamify the learning process by doing this 1 minute challenge everyday and plotting my progress in a spreadsheet with a graph!:)
This is easily one of the very best typing video's on TH-cam! Thank you for sharing your process and insights. I enjoyed how relatable the content was. This video has encouraged my much needed confidence.
i've been typing with 2 fingers ever since i learned how to type, and i have to say i've done pretty well. my average wmp is 80 with 2 fingers. but no matter how hard i try, i can't go faster than 107. so i really wanted to try touch typing since i saw this guy go 160 wmp. i know it'll take me a lot, probably years, but i hope i can do it!
@@lukky39 Im having difficulties as i type pretty fast with my engrained less optimal method, so when I take notes during uni I fall back into the habit.. I think I need to spend one of my breaks to try and really swap!
That was actually very helpful, especially the idea to use typing practice as a warm up to deep work. Also the reminder that strain pain comes from strengthening newly tapped muscles and to keep going. Thamks!
Thanks, Phil, I learned a few new things with you: the F & J having little bumps- never had noticed that! I also like dto 2 typing websites you shared with us.
honestly, it seems like i have sort of plateaued at around 70 wpm, my accuracy is actually pretty good but I feel like, unless I learn to use all 10 fingers when I type, I am not going to break the 100 wpm mark this way. Thank you a lot for this video
Also, keybr is really cool cause you can customize your lessons. I always bump it up to have a each word start with a capital letter, and use punctuation between each word as well. Bought blank key caps too. Forces you to keep your eyes on the screen and off the keyboard.
I decided to learn it today but my usual 2-index-but-sometimes-right-ring-finger-for-backspace-and-left-pinky-for-shift typing, which is apparently around 40-50 wpm.. dropped to less than 10 wpm. Now with keybr it's apparently 11 wpm.. it doesn't feel like it's getting me anywhere but maybe eventually
Typing is all about practice as much you you practice you improve 5 months before I had to find where is key now I can type 50 words per minute so practice practice and practice never give up.
Thank you. Most of the things are obvious/common sense, but this video was really helpful to make yourself aware of all these things. The way phil presented it was also really great and concise.
Most of the typing videos are high can-do and low IQ presentations. Neither of which I can personally relate to. My personal best is 20 wpm so far. After listening to his composed insights I am hoping to achieve as much as 36 wpm.
@@wagfinpis just keep training. You can probably get much more. I am a strange dude who started leading WoW raids via chat typing with left hand and playing with right hand on the mouse. Through that I somehow got to 60-70 wpm left hand only. Since I type daily for several hours I want to get into touch typing, but my old muscle memory constantly makes me switch to one hand typing. I already got from 30wpm to ~45wpm with touch typing I hope that I soon get to the same speed of my one hand typing technique. Takes time to beat old habits though. You can do it too!
@gordonlawrenz7635 That is a pretty interesting background story. Sounds impressive too. You might become 4 times faster that you were with one hand. Lol!
You are welcome ☺️ oh no!! 😂 literally dedicate one whole day to hitting b with your left index finger. And every time you find yourself hitting it with the right one, erase the it and hit it again with the left one. Good luck!!
Great content, really useful. I've found a Microsoft touch typing app and that can be really useful as it has a feature that tracks your wpm whilst doing normal tasks.
What slows me down personally is that I have to constantly switch between English and German. Not just the words, but also the keyboard layout. Most mistakes I make is the Z and Y which is on the opposite of each other. That makes me often "think" where I have to press or just simply makes me mistype and correct it. I also cannot utilize all ten of my fingers. I use only like 8 of them. I stuck at around 60-70 wpm due to this. I remember years ago before I went abroad and was just writing German on a German keyboard layout, I was at around 80-90 wpm. Without even exercising.
I did it for 1 month, everday 30 mins per day and you know what I did not get better at all. i was like 40 wpm and im still 4wpm. Its sad how some people lie for clicks
Really nice video :) Your content is really professional, soothing voice, easy to listen to you. Thanks for explaining your methodology and linking to the Websites you used.
Currently if we dont talk about my grammer... i can type probably 60+ wpm with only my index finger alone and on my left hand i do use my other fingers but on my right i just use my index in worsds like because i used all my fingers on my left but not right its like i made my own technique lol
I already type 80-90 wpm using three fingers but I've always wanted to learn the proper way. While you were learning, did you type with ten fingers all the time between your practice sessions?
Thanks for sharing your experience! Since I stopped practicing a year ago I didn‘t get any faster.. I guess you really have to keep practicing consistently to see further improvements.
If i have an average of 80 wpm using only my two index fingers, is learning touch typing going to improve a lot my speed ? I'm hesitant to learning it cause i'm afraid it will only marginally improve my speed
hey, did you test it out? I'm using 4 on the left and 2 on the right and average about 80 wpm. I am not sure if learning how to use all of them would be worth my time.
80 wpm is awesome! But I wouldn’t want to miss this skill anyways, it’s really easy to learn and so much more fun to type that way :) I would definitely do it again
Thanks for the video, could you please tell me what your Microphone brand is? Would it be possible for you to leave a link here for the Microphone on Amazon? Thank you in advance.
I can only type with 4 fingers and sometimes 6 when I need to hit keys on the far sides but if I try and type with 6 actively my fingers cant decide which one’s gonna hit which key and I make loads of typos but I can type without looking at the keyboard and I can get up to 100 wpm.
I can type relatively fast with my index fingers (I'm typing with my index fingers right now) but I want to become more faster by typing with all my fingers
Relax and keep practicing. I have been doing 20 mins a day for two years now. KEYBR and 10FastFingers. Progress is not linear but it's there. Even when you feel stuck with the speed not increasing, the underlying muscle memory and accuracy will be improving. Don't give up.
Sometimes you get stuck, that’s normal! How fast are you now? I found that you constantly need to push yourself to type faster than you think you can, that results in progress! Good luck!
Yes at the beginning you feel so stupid right 😂 I just looked into the spreadsheet I made and I started at 12 WPM! Already 1 week later I reached 30! Just start and keep going :)
You’ll be amazed how fast you will improve! Do 3 minutes per day followed by a speedcheck and add your speed into a spreadsheet each day. Feel free to tell me how you did :)
what a disappointment of a video he spend so much time talking without really saying anything like get to the point already my god at least add a timestamp or something
i cant do the whole fingers type, when my pinky finger move my ring finger follows it.. so when i type with pinky (typing P) somehow my ring typed L, same thing with the left pinky, typed Q my left ring also typed S... i really pissed by this
For the pain try to keep wrists in a neutral position while typing. Don't flex or extend the wrist . This is the most relaxed position for wrist. Otherwise you will end up with carpel tunnel syndrome.
Yes thank you for the great tip!!
I've used the site for a month and a half, coming from a decent typing speed. I am finally matching my previous speed of ~55wpm and getting better every day. At some point though, my old system was not working anymore as I was advancing in the course and that was messing with my old habits. So I was typing a lot slower than usual (in both incorrect and correct ways). This course definitely works, but it is a bit annoying at times with all those made up words, because some of them are almost a real word with a missing letter, which makes my brain read the real word and the hands follow. I'm a coder, so I now need to re-learn how to code efficiently using all my 10 fingers. Still struggling a bit with letter "P" when it is followed by an adjacent letter like "O". eg. in "people". Thanks for the video!
Keyby has been amazing for me. I never touch-typed in my life, then, after breaking my wrist in 3 places, and extensive surgery, there was no way I could look-type anymore, or use a traditional keyboard for any length of time, (needed a bio-mechanic/ergonomic keyboard). And so, I purchased a Kinesis Advantage 360 split keyboard, and holy ****. What a learning curve, not just learning to touch-type, but adjusting to the split keyboard too. After 3 months of 30 min a day on keybr, approximately 5 days a week, I am now proficient, albeit slow, 22wpm first thing in the morning, then 32wpm after I warm up. Despite that, it is so much fun. Wish I made myself learn to touch-type years ago, and wish I bought this keyboard years ago too. Thanks for the video. You got some helpful info.
What about now ?
@@thomasbitsch5488 typing speed?
I'm at a consistent 45-50 wpm at 95-97% accuracy. (as of 7/9/2024)
I've just started practicing touch typing and todays my 3rd day. Im really glad I bumped into this video cuz this boosted me more to keep on going.
Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment a lot!:) keep going it’s so worth it and you’ll get there in no time!
@@PhilPetry yeah thanks a lot ! I'm surprised you only have 317 subs ahah
It's been a year. How fast are you now?
2 years later, any update?
I need to increase my typing skills fast to apply for a new position. I took this course in high school but texting over the years has ruined my typing skills. Thanks for this vid, I am hoping I will pick it up again quickly.
Wow so happy you chose my video for this, I’m honored! It really helped me to gamify the learning process by doing this 1 minute challenge everyday and plotting my progress in a spreadsheet with a graph!:)
This is easily one of the very best typing video's on TH-cam!
Thank you for sharing your process and insights. I enjoyed how relatable the content was. This video has encouraged my much needed confidence.
It's a terrible mistake to concentrate on the speed, not on the accuracy. It will engrave those mistakes into muscle memory. Author is wrong.
omg I relate with you saying that you were only used to typing with your index fingers. I am the same and that is why I am here. Thank you!
i've been typing with 2 fingers ever since i learned how to type, and i have to say i've done pretty well. my average wmp is 80 with 2 fingers. but no matter how hard i try, i can't go faster than 107. so i really wanted to try touch typing since i saw this guy go 160 wmp. i know it'll take me a lot, probably years, but i hope i can do it!
hows ur progress now, coz i am the exact same and my top is 122
man, where are the million view? Is the algorithm broken?
Haha thanks man!! Appreciate your comment!
I feel like this is gonna be super difficult with a base speed of 83 WPM - typing the strange way i engrained since childhood
It is difficult but doable and I say well worth the hustle! :)
@@PhilPetry I appreciate that, had a lot of fun on keybr yesterday - its so satisfying! Definitely gonna try break the habit
@@vincent8273 how is your typing now ? Im just starting
@@lukky39 Im having difficulties as i type pretty fast with my engrained less optimal method, so when I take notes during uni I fall back into the habit.. I think I need to spend one of my breaks to try and really swap!
You got me as soon as you said that it reminded you of learning the guitar and piano. Thanks for the vid looking forward to this new skill.
Haha you play music too? How’s your wpm going so far?
I arrived here recommended from a video of a lady typing 180 wpm on a typewriter.
Her typing was a real machine gun.
That sounds insane, mind sending over the link?
@@PhilPetry Here you go!
th-cam.com/video/b3eeTl3hxGQ/w-d-xo.html
That was actually very helpful, especially the idea to use typing practice as a warm up to deep work. Also the reminder that strain pain comes from strengthening newly tapped muscles and to keep going. Thamks!
Thanks, Phil, I learned a few new things with you: the F & J having little bumps- never had noticed that! I also like dto 2 typing websites you shared with us.
I’m so happy to hear that, thanks for leaving such a nice comment 🫶🏼
honestly, it seems like i have sort of plateaued at around 70 wpm, my accuracy is actually pretty good but I feel like, unless I learn to use all 10 fingers when I type, I am not going to break the 100 wpm mark this way.
Thank you a lot for this video
Also, keybr is really cool cause you can customize your lessons. I always bump it up to have a each word start with a capital letter, and use punctuation between each word as well. Bought blank key caps too. Forces you to keep your eyes on the screen and off the keyboard.
I decided to learn it today but my usual 2-index-but-sometimes-right-ring-finger-for-backspace-and-left-pinky-for-shift typing, which is apparently around 40-50 wpm.. dropped to less than 10 wpm. Now with keybr it's apparently 11 wpm.. it doesn't feel like it's getting me anywhere but maybe eventually
ayyo thanks a lot i wanna type faster but did not find the proper video. thanks for motivating.
Thank you for the comment!! Glad I could help, stick with it and you’ll improve super quickly!
Typing is all about practice as much you you practice you improve 5 months before I had to find where is key now I can type 50 words per minute so practice practice and practice never give up.
Thank you. Most of the things are obvious/common sense, but this video was really helpful to make yourself aware of all these things. The way phil presented it was also really great and concise.
Most of the typing videos are high can-do and low IQ presentations. Neither of which I can personally relate to.
My personal best is 20 wpm so far. After listening to his composed insights I am hoping to achieve as much as 36 wpm.
@@wagfinpis just keep training. You can probably get much more. I am a strange dude who started leading WoW raids via chat typing with left hand and playing with right hand on the mouse. Through that I somehow got to 60-70 wpm left hand only. Since I type daily for several hours I want to get into touch typing, but my old muscle memory constantly makes me switch to one hand typing. I already got from 30wpm to ~45wpm with touch typing I hope that I soon get to the same speed of my one hand typing technique. Takes time to beat old habits though. You can do it too!
@gordonlawrenz7635 That is a pretty interesting background story. Sounds impressive too. You might become 4 times faster that you were with one hand. Lol!
Thanks brother for sharing this knowledge to us
Thank you for your tutorial, I'am hitting "b" with the same right index like you
You are welcome ☺️ oh no!! 😂 literally dedicate one whole day to hitting b with your left index finger. And every time you find yourself hitting it with the right one, erase the it and hit it again with the left one. Good luck!!
@@PhilPetry I'am doing it! Thank you lot
Awesome!! Don’t hesitate contacting me if you have any troubles!
@@PhilPetry Thank you lot
Thanks for being simple to learn from. Am ready to try
thank you for this insightful content! this is very helpful!
Thank you!! Very glad you found it helpful :)
Great content, really useful. I've found a Microsoft touch typing app and that can be really useful as it has a feature that tracks your wpm whilst doing normal tasks.
Thanks a lot! Sounds nice would you mind sharing it with us?
Its called typing master 11 I believe
@@callumcandy4153 great thanks!
i ussualy use index and middle finger and thumb for space and pinky for enter
What slows me down personally is that I have to constantly switch between English and German. Not just the words, but also the keyboard layout. Most mistakes I make is the Z and Y which is on the opposite of each other. That makes me often "think" where I have to press or just simply makes me mistype and correct it.
I also cannot utilize all ten of my fingers. I use only like 8 of them. I stuck at around 60-70 wpm due to this. I remember years ago before I went abroad and was just writing German on a German keyboard layout, I was at around 80-90 wpm. Without even exercising.
Thanks a lot! Great content.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
I did it for 1 month, everday 30 mins per day and you know what I did not get better at all. i was like 40 wpm and im still 4wpm. Its sad how some people lie for clicks
Thanks for this amazing video
how do we save the results on spreadsheet of fast finger? pls tell
You cannot save it there, I copied the speed into a spreadsheet after every practice and then plotted it over time, let me know when you need help :)
Really nice video :) Your content is really professional, soothing voice, easy to listen to you. Thanks for explaining your methodology and linking to the Websites you used.
That is so nice of you to say, thanks!! Really glad I could help. How’s your channel going? you got yourself a new subscriber ☺️
Just now I have realised how little subscribers you have. What?! You deserve a lot more.
Aw thanks! Working on it 🫡
nice video, thanks, currently I have been able to improve my touch typing
Cool what speed are you at? Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!
@@PhilPetry now i have around 40 wpm, but i'm improving this
@@Mkr0M that‘s cool man, you‘ll get to 60 in no time! I‘m so happy I learned this skill!
Currently if we dont talk about my grammer... i can type probably 60+ wpm with only my index finger alone and on my left hand i do use my other fingers but on my right i just use my index in worsds like because i used all my fingers on my left but not right its like i made my own technique lol
Exactly what im looking for, thx for coming straight to the point
I‘m glad! Thanks for leaving a comment!
very helpful video - and good reminder about the links with learning how to play guitar or piano
PS: which laptop are you using Phil?
Thanks!! Very kind of you to leave this comment! I‘m using a Macbook Pro 2020, i5, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB. I would definitely get an M1 now!
I already type 80-90 wpm using three fingers but I've always wanted to learn the proper way. While you were learning, did you type with ten fingers all the time between your practice sessions?
learned it on qwerty and dvorak a year ago, im still stuck at 75-80 wpm on both layouts :z
Thanks for sharing your experience! Since I stopped practicing a year ago I didn‘t get any faster.. I guess you really have to keep practicing consistently to see further improvements.
If i have an average of 80 wpm using only my two index fingers, is learning touch typing going to improve a lot my speed ? I'm hesitant to learning it cause i'm afraid it will only marginally improve my speed
hey, did you test it out? I'm using 4 on the left and 2 on the right and average about 80 wpm. I am not sure if learning how to use all of them would be worth my time.
80 wpm is awesome! But I wouldn’t want to miss this skill anyways, it’s really easy to learn and so much more fun to type that way :) I would definitely do it again
Hi, I actually think I found it hahah. BTW your video is very helpful. Thank you so much.
i dont use the "touch-typing" method and i still get 90 wpm, would it still boost my typing speed if i learned it?
Thanks so much. It’s inspiring.
Thank you for leaving a comment! Happy I could help!
Thanks for the video, could you please tell me what your Microphone brand is? Would it be possible for you to leave a link here for the Microphone on Amazon? Thank you in advance.
Sure man, that’s a rode nt-1a mic
I can only type with 4 fingers and sometimes 6 when I need to hit keys on the far sides but if I try and type with 6 actively my fingers cant decide which one’s gonna hit which key and I make loads of typos but I can type without looking at the keyboard and I can get up to 100 wpm.
I can type relatively fast with my index fingers (I'm typing with my index fingers right now) but I want to become more faster by typing with all my fingers
Thank you bro
wow ! thank u dude
You are very wecome, thank you for leaving a comment!
Thank you!
You’re welcome, thanks for leaving a comment ☺️☺️
Commenting for algorithm
Thanks:)
why does this guy has under 300 subs bruh....
TH-cam!! you forgot to add a k/m after 289
Hahaha thanks!! At least now I’m over 400. Are my other videos of interest to you or not so much? What are you interested in?
thanks
You are very welcome, thank you for leaving a comment!
what is the websites name
Good content!
Thanks man!
Can you share your spreadsheet with graph to track the progress ??
Sure wanna follow me on instagram so I can DM it to you? @phils_progress
I was 30 wpm, in couple of weeks I can get into 50 wpm. but I'm stuck now at 50 wpm for months... can anybody give me an advice?
Relax and keep practicing. I have been doing 20 mins a day for two years now. KEYBR and 10FastFingers. Progress is not linear but it's there. Even when you feel stuck with the speed not increasing, the underlying muscle memory and accuracy will be improving. Don't give up.
Sometimes you get stuck, that’s normal! How fast are you now? I found that you constantly need to push yourself to type faster than you think you can, that results in progress! Good luck!
good
Good tips
I know touch typing. Still, my speed is stuck at around 50 wpm.
same..
You need to keep pushing yourself to write faster than you can, this is really the key. Mistakes increase but your muscles adapt!
I think your desk top is a bit too high for comfortable typing, might be the reason for your wrist pain
You might be right, I will try to adress that, thank you!:)
Which country are you from?
Hi! Born in Luxembourg, living in Germany. You?:)
You look like Tony Sopranos son
I can only type 15 WPM ... without looking at keyboard.
It's actually funny and disappointing toh..!😔
Yes at the beginning you feel so stupid right 😂 I just looked into the spreadsheet I made and I started at 12 WPM! Already 1 week later I reached 30! Just start and keep going :)
I need to learn to type faster because I have a job that requires me to type what the customer is saying 😓
would you reccomend typing the p and q keys with pinky finger or ring finger
use pinky bro, just rotate your wrist outwards a little
god
Thank you 🙏🏼
10 wpm😥
Just keep going and come back after a week of training and report back, you’ll be amazed at your progress!
Actually it is using 9 fingers.
3 minutes per day? You are laying to me.
You’ll be amazed how fast you will improve! Do 3 minutes per day followed by a speedcheck and add your speed into a spreadsheet each day. Feel free to tell me how you did :)
You look like midbeast
Stupid Bait title implies that you'll teach us here how to type. not impressed! I want an actual tutorial!
what a disappointment of a video he spend so much time talking without really saying anything like get to the point already my god at least add a timestamp or something
Thanks for nothing lol. This video is pointless, you did not demonstrate nothing, just tried to convince people why to do it.
i cant do the whole fingers type, when my pinky finger move my ring finger follows it.. so when i type with pinky (typing P) somehow my ring typed L, same thing with the left pinky, typed Q my left ring also typed S... i really pissed by this
how to do only 1 finger can move please!!!
good
Thank you:)