How does one learn to type better?

[KickinGravy]

So I am bad at typing, I can barely type like 30 words a minute. Is there any way to improve typing? Cuz lord knows I need it. Be sweat to be able to type without having to look down at my keyboard the whole time..... just saying. And before you ask, my high school didn't have typing courses.   

[XTankSlayerX]

Just type... A lot.

 

You'll get better over time surely. 

[Atmos]

practice. practice, practice. 

 

Watch a couple videos online for standard typing, and then use those techniques to develop your own personal style.

 

A cool trick i learned was while pacticing I'd go to one of the many "test my WPM!" sites and then put a box over my keyboard with two hand holes cut out for my hands to come through on, so i could still type freely, but without seeing the keyboard. Then again i did that in 6th grade, almost 8 years ago, and further computer experience since then has helped a lot. 

 

But there's no really nifty trick or anything, Just takes practice and gusto.

[Ian Schmid]

practice because practice makes perfect

and maby like typefaster programs

[Klerk]

There are plenty of tutorials on the internet you might want to read about typing techniques. Plus a lot of practice is the best way to speed up your typing.

[Blebekblebek]

Type like you wrote a letter for company

avoid acronym, and short word like you type for phone message.

[Albatross]

Practice and practice. That's all it really takes. After a while you can type like a pro and not even look at the keyboard.

[KickinGravy]

I like the cardboard box idea, that might just work, lol. No but seriously it probably would, I am totally doing that  

[RyomaSJibenG]

have you ever played

 

 

 

 

this forces you to type fast, good luck with that

[Kamina]

MMO games is what got me to type fast.

[KickinGravy]

have you ever played

 

 

 

 

this forces you to type fast, good luck with that

Um.... no?

[RyomaSJibenG]

Um.... no?

try it its fun and makes you type faster

[slightlyjaded]

A gentleman walks up to another man in the street. "Excuse me good sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnigie hall?"

 

"That's easy guv....Practice, practice, practice."

[KickinGravy]

try it its fun and makes you type faster

Well... if its free. I guess

[RyomaSJibenG]

Well... if its free. I guess

tis an old game from dreamcast but also available on pc, so its free i guess

[mkultra]

have you ever played

 

 

 

 

this forces you to type fast, good luck with that

That sounds awsome

[siberiansteel11]

I always practice at typeracer.com I get an average of 80wpm It's not fast But as A data Analyst It's good enough 

[Caeradwyn]

I massively improved my typing by chatting on IRC back in the 90's. I would generally be online in the evenings, no lights on so I couldn't see the keycaps, and just had to learn to type fast enough to reply to all the conversations.

[KickinGravy]

I massively improved my typing by chatting on IRC back in the 90's. I would generally be online in the evenings, no lights on so I couldn't see the keycaps, and just had to learn to type fast enough to reply to all the conversations.

I miss the 90's, things where simpler then

[slightlyjaded]

I miss the 90's, things where simpler then

Dialup? Nobody misses dialup.

[KickinGravy]

Dialup? Nobody misses dialup.

Yeah that really blew 

[KickinGravy]

23 words a minute on typeracer, god I am horrible at typing, lol 

[Samsterstorm]

Pick a keyboard you like and then practise practise practise and you will get better, also try and learn where the letters are and you will get better pretty quickly

[Hero7750]

I got most of my speed with typing from counter strike: source . It can be troublesome playing jailbreak without a mic.

[Leonard]

Dialup? Nobody misses dialup.

and we would all like to forget it too.