Typing - Practice & Testing
How often should I practice typing exercises?
As with anything, regularity is the key to success; practice makes perfect no doubt about that. Strengthening muscle memory takes a lot of practice and you will want to have a good muscle memory of it. One thing that is important that you exercise regularly. Exercising 10-25 minutes typing daily will be more helpful than three-hour workouts twice a month. It is easier to maintain concentration during short exercises, like 20 minutes typing games, as well as being much easier to carve out time for them. But any extra will still get you where you want to be.
Practice whenever possible and not just with the Ratatype. Try to practice your touch typing skills while communicating on social media or when performing less urgent work tasks. Or even journalling for yourself or your team is good.
Typing test is also a great way to get practice in, any time you type you are practicing. Take the test from time to time to see how much your speed has improved.
Best Websites to practice your typing skills or begin them-
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Average Typing Speed-
If you type at an average speed, you should be able to hit around 41 words per minute (WPM).
Even though 41 wpm is just an average typing speed, it's more than enough to help you qualify for most jobs that require you to write or type on a keyboard, such as being a secretary, accountant, or typist.
Skill yourself for your future
Do not let your typing speed make you feel small in any way. As you practice, even on just your hand placements of two letters, you are improving the speed even without you realizing it. Typing is a part of so many things we do in our lives. Even if your job does not inlove you in active typing, this skill is very important to know and be good at. Typing not only help you be understood by others, you are able to show people your ideas in the way you want. You are able to give accurate and fast results if the technology allows it. Typing is a lot of people's full time job so having this skill just to be perfect at can really keep your mind at ease about the way you are going in life. It can be a wonderful thing to have the knowledge to type with percision and accuracy.
The best advice I could give would be to learn your hand placements and do your best at being accurate. The speed will come as you get better at not looking at the keyboard while you type. You can do this with just 10 minutes of structured typing practice. Eventually you will be the best typer you know.
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