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With erasable markers, fill out the empty keys.
Use the practice sheet found in Board 2. Practice for 15 minutes a day and in less than 30
days you will be typing correctly without having to look at the keyboard.
We recommend students to look into the Dvorak layout, and investigate other layouts.
QWERTY is the default commercial layout, for that reason we have selected it as our focus.
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Muscle memory training 1
Muscle memory training 5
With a white board marker fill out the letters of Fill out the keys with their corresponding letters
your keyboard.
in the following order:
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1) sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
2) jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz
Repeat until you can fill out the keyboard
3) pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs
without having to consult the reference
keyboard.
You should try until you can do each one of
them in less than 30 seconds.
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Muscle memory training 2
Fill out the keys in the following order:
the quick fast dog , jumps over the lazy dog .
Get it done in less than 30 seconds; repeat till
you make it.
Complete 10 races in www.play.typeracer.com
every day for 5 days in a row.
Day 2 of completing 10 races
Add the ring finger stickers on your keyboard.
You can print the stickers we are offering at www.fasttyping.org
or you can fix your own.
Connecting your hands
Day 3 of completing 10 races
Congratulations, you are soon ready to put your
fingers in to action.
Cover the little finger keys on your keyboard.
Using color stickers helps keep focus on the right fingers.
You can order both the lamination and the stickers at the library.
Is important that when you are practicing these
exercises you do not look at your keyboard at
any time.
Muscle memory training 3
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of the practice board you have a
finger reference that shows both a different
color and a letter indicating the finger to use.
Fill out the keys with the corresponding finger
L(little) R(ring) M(middle) P(pointer) T(thumb).
When uncertain look on side
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Muscle memory training 4
Your task is to write the corresponding fingers
(L,R,M,P) in this order:
the quick fast dog , jumps over the lazy dog .
repeat till you make it in less than 20 seconds.
Things you should know before you get started:
This is your starting point, known as your home
row, your fingers should always return to the
starting position.
These are bumps you can feel in your keyboard,
your pointer fingers goes here.
Day 4 of completing 10 races
Cover the pointer fingers on your keyboard. It is important that
you focus in using the right fingers for the right keys. Consult the
practice board if uncertain.
Day 5 of completing 10 races
Cover the middle finger keys.
Congratulations!! You are ready to become a ninja on the
keyboard.
Continue doing one exercise a day and your learning curve will take a whole new level.
We recommend participants to visit www.fasttyping.org and get started with the computer
literacy courses… this is the start of an adventure in the world of computer programming.
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Type as soft as possible, test and see how light you can hit the keys.
Hit the keys as if they would be
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As part of the
stretching try to
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far apart as you can.
Take breaks and stretch.
Every once in a while close
your hand like a punch for
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