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Chapter 1 of 16

Setup and posture

Before speed comes setup. Two short lessons on posture, hand position and the finger-to-key map that everything else builds on.

  1. 1

    Posture and hand position

    Sit back with both feet flat, elbows at about 90 degrees and wrists straight. Curve your fingers lightly over the home row (A S D F for the left hand, J K L ; for the right). The bumps on F and J tell your index fingers where home is without looking.

    target 0 wpm

  2. 2

    The finger map

    Each finger owns a column. Index fingers cover two columns each (F G R T V B and J H U Y N M), thumbs press space, and pinkies handle the outer keys plus Shift and Enter. Keep this map in mind and never let a finger wander into another's column.

    target 8 wpm

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