Once you type without looking, speed comes from practice, but some kinds of practice work much better than others.
1. Fix accuracy before chasing speed
Every mistake costs a backspace and a retype. At 95% accuracy or more, speed rises quickly; below that, slow down a little.
2. Keep a steady rhythm
Typing evenly, without bursts and pauses, is faster than racing through easy words and stumbling on hard ones.
3. Work on your weak keys
Your slowest keys hold everything back. The adaptive practice on Typocto finds them and gives you more of them.
4. Read ahead
Look at the next word while you finish the current one. Good typists read one or two words ahead of their fingers.
5. Type words, not letters
Common words such as “the” or “and” end up as a single movement. That only happens by typing a lot of real text.
6. Do not look at your hands
Even a glance breaks the flow. If you need help, look at the keyboard on the screen.
7. Practise a little, often
Fifteen minutes a day beat two hours on Sunday. Short sessions keep you focused and let your fingers learn in between.
8. Measure your progress
Take a speed test once a day, always the same length, and follow the curve on your progress page. The change is small from one day to the next, but clear over a month.