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I feel that it's a weird idea, but do you think it'd be more efficient to hit the spacebar with the opposing thumb based on the first key of the word. For example, if you're typing the word 'june', then you'd hit the spacebar with your left thumb, but if you type 'fall', then you'd hit the spacebar ...

Hi and welcome here Tempting, I would answer "both". If you want to be able to type any new word, you need anyway to know perfectly where each key is located. If you want to type a specific word as fast and accurately as possible, you are free to take the time to study in detail the optim...

The first thing you should do is memorize the keyboard. I'm not sure what you mean by learning finger motions for common words but I can give you an example of what to do in some cases. To type "turn", stretch the second finger on your left hand to hit the T key while leaving your other f...

Should I either try learning the keys perfectly to type any word fast, or learn the finger motions for the most common words. Or just learn both naturally.

I don't know if this changes the answer, but I use the Dvorak keyboard, so since a can't look at the keys, it could change the answer.