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BootcampTyping practice drills

Your coach learns from every run on this device, then names your weak spots and the drill that fixes them. Pick a drill and it starts in the arena below.

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Learns on this device

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  • Speed—
  • Accuracy—
  • Consistency—
  • Rhythm—
  • Endurance—
  • Symbols—
  • Numbers—
  • Code—

Each attribute appears once the coach has seen enough of your typing to measure it.

Trajectory

Too early

Not enough runs to say: a trend needs 20 runs of one format.

Finish a few runs in one format and the coach projects where your speed is heading, with a range around it.

Weak spots

  • Three runs and the coach starts naming the letters that cost you most.
  1. AdaptiveYour slowest and most error-prone letter pairs, woven into real words.Unlocks after three runs.
  2. ConfusionThe keys you swap most, side by side, until your fingers tell them apart.Unlocks after three runs.
  3. ColumnWords heavy in the key column you miss most often, by the standard finger chart.Unlocks after three runs.
  4. PrecisionLetter Lock: every mistake must be fixed before the next letter. Accuracy first.Ready.
  5. FlowA hundred of the most common words: settle into an even, relaxed rhythm.Ready.
  6. EnduranceA hundred and fifty words without a break: hold your speed to the last line.Ready.
Format

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The drills

One skill at a time, each on its own page with the arena set up for it. Your runs there are compared only with runs under the same rules.

  1. Bootcamp · Drill

    Accuracy drill

    Cut your typing mistakes with a drill that won't let you move on until each word is right.

    • 60 s
    • Standard
    • Word Lock
  2. Bootcamp · Drill

    Punctuation drill

    Type punctuation and sentence capitals without losing speed.

    • 60 s
    • Standard
    • Punctuation
  3. Bootcamp · Drill

    Numbers drill

    Type numbers inside ordinary text, such as years, prices and decimals, accurately and without slowing down.

    • 60 s
    • Standard
    • Numbers
  4. Bootcamp · Drill

    Capital letters drill

    Type capital letters quickly and accurately with the Shift key.

    • 60 s
    • Standard
    • Caps
  5. Bootcamp · Drill

    Long words drill

    Keep your rhythm and accuracy on long words instead of stalling halfway through.

    • 60 s
    • Standard
    • Long Haul
  6. Bootcamp · Drill

    Common words drill

    Make the most frequent English words automatic to raise your everyday typing speed.

    • 60 s
    • Warm-up