Healthy Typing - Nimble Typing Toes

Learning to type requires nimble fingers, not nimble toes. Keep your feet flat on the floor when typing. You need the NimbleFingers typing program to improve your keyboarding skills.

BUT, you want to move those toes? It's OK by me. Besides, toe exercises are fun. It's called "Toe Jamming." Either do this exercise alone, or try to stay "downwind" from the person next to you.

First, the basic single-toed moves have to be mastered.

Left toe

Left toe, down

Right toe

Right toe, down

After mastering the basics, try the double-toed moves.


Basic toe twitch	Upside down toe twitch.

If you are smiling now, imagine how happy you will be after learning how to type quickly and accuracy.

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Typing Tips for Nimble Toes

Quiet, organized work area. The area where data entry is performed, should be free of clutter, and should be without distractions.

Keep those nails trimmed. Fingernails should be very filed down so they are small. You cannot key data accurately with long fingernails.

Analyze errors. If errors are occurring on the bottom-row keys, move your chair back from the keyboard and slightly raise your wrists.

Healthy typing. Go to the section in this www.nimblefingers.com web site and try the exercises on finger dexterity and stretching. It is a moral boster.

The samba? Check out the finger dexterity exercise called the Samba.

Practice makes perfect. Concentrate on accuracy. Speed will occur with practice.

More practice needed? Retype the exercises several times until satisfied with your skills.

Your job is to learn. Only go to the next exercise when you are comfortable.

Set up a schedule. Unless you establish a "schedule for learning" it is all to easy to find an excuse for not practicing.

Positive attitude. If you have a positive attitude, learning can be fun.

Uncluttered table. The table should be free of unneeded books or distractions. Direct your full attention to the material and do not let your eyes or mind wander. Also, when extra paper is removed from the work environment, glare is reduced.

Keyboard height. If the keyboard is too high (i.e., chair too low) errors tend to occur in the top keyboard rows. If the keyboard is too low (i.e., chair too high) errors tend to occur on the bottom keyboard rows.

Move only the fingers needed. Do not allow other fingers to wander away from their assigned home-row keys. This may be awkward at first and will require will-power, but you can do it! Let your brain train your fingers.

Error reduction. If errors are occurring on the bottom-row keys, move your chair back from the keyboard and slightly raise your wrists.

Posture. If you don't sit up straight and keep your feet flat on the floor, the angle of your arms will change; thus changing the keystroke reach. Speed and accuracy will be lost. Plus, poor posture is fatiguing.

Relax. Concentrate, but try not to be tense.