Six Secret Keyboarding Techniques

introducing the six secret keyboarding

techniques that are absolutely essential

if you want to become a master typist

the s and secret stands for sit up

straight with your arms and most

importantly your wrists straight and off

the table so many typists these days are

getting carpal tunnel syndrome because

of poor form and posture save yourselves

thousands of dollars on a painful

surgeries along with months of recovery

time by following this one important

rule e is for keeping your eyes on the

text becoming a master typist

is about training your mind to trust

your fingers looking down even for a

moment will only hinder your cognitive

training and slow you down do not get in

the habit of looking down at your

fingers next is to use the correct

fingers the finger techniques taught in

the course have been studied and tested

to be the most efficient way to type if

you find you have gotten in the habit of

using different fingers than what is

taught trust me take the time to break

that habit and learn the correct way in

the end it will guarantee to increase

your typing speed one example of this is

when pressing the enter key which you

will need to do on a frequent basis in

the program when you get to the end of a

line make sure you keep your index or

jakey finger lightly touching the J key

while your little pinky finger reaches

over and presses the enter key press it

quickly and keep typing again do not get

in the habit of looking down at your

fingers as you do this our stands for

reasonable rhythm this again has to do

with cognitive training as you train

your mind and fingers to eliminate

pauses your speed will automatically

increase start by adopting the idea that

slow and steady wins the race

the speed you see here may seem slow but

is actually over 30 words per minute

because all pauses have been eliminated

soon you'll be flying at a steady

consistent pace

e is for erase errors properly one of

the biggest impediments of typist is

when they have to break rhythm to use

the backspace or delete key to make a

correction this can be eliminated if

done properly just as with the Enter key

make sure to keep your index finger on

the J while you swing your wrist up and

touch the backspace or delete key with

your little finger this will take some

practice but will enable you to

immediately continue typing without

skipping a beat and do not forget to

keep your eyes on the text while you do

this

lastly curve your fingers and tap the

keys quickly as if they were hot don't

mash the keys mashing is pressing hard

on the keys with a lot of arm movement

all movement should be in the fingers

not the wrists and arms now real quick

let's review make sure you sit up

straight with your arms and wrists

straight keep your eyes on the text at

all times use correct fingers break your

old habits keep a reasonable steady

rhythm erase errors properly keep your

index finger on the J key as you reach

over and quickly press the Delete or

backspace keys then go right on typing

and lastly tap the keys lightly with

little-to-no wrist and arm movement you

do not need to mash the keys so how do

you know if you have correct technique

if you can pass the nickel writing test do this

by placing a nickel on each hand between

your wrist and the first two knuckles

now can you type and not have the

nickels fall off if so you have

excellent technique and are on your way

to becoming a master typist

for a more detailed description of the

six secret keyboarding techniques to

become a master typist open up your

student file and click on the

introduction icon this will give you an

opportunity to practice each technique

step by step thanks for watching and

happy typing