Correctly positioning of hands is very important for efficient typing. Follow the recommendations and you will learn faster.
To position the hands:
(1)	The index-finger tips rest over each of the two keys which have a small raised mark, in the keyboard central area. Most of the keyboards are of the "qwerty" type, where these two keys are the "F" and the "J". On the other hand, in an american Dvorak keyboard, they are the "U" and the "H". These are sometimes called the 'home' keys.
N.B. these marks function as "tactile hooks" for your fingers to remain at the correct position; this way, with a little experience, you will not need to look at the keyboard any more to know where you are. Your hands will eventually return to this position naturally after each keystroke.
(2)	The sides of both thumbs rest over the space bar.
(3)	The tips of the other fingers lie naturally beside the index fingers, over the adjacent keys on the same line.
(4)	The part of the hands closest to the wrist (the base) rest over the desk, in front of the keyboard. Without this kind of support the arms would become tired quickly.
This is called the home position for the hands. From here the fingers easily move over all the keyboard, reaching all the keys as naturally and fast as possible. To attain this goal one uses a specific relation between each key and some finger. This relation will be learned gradually in the basic course.
When learning the relationship between fingers and keys, you have to work at this, every time you move to press a key, only the one finger should move toward it, keeping the other fingers over their original position as much as possible.
After memorizing this relationship between keys and the correct finger to use, you can take the previous rule less strictly, so that it becomes possible to develop more speed and fluidity.
After this explanation, you should start with the basic course. Always remember, touch-typing requires will and patience! We trust you, do not disappoint us, right?
