Interesting that does not work for me at all. If I relax my fingers enough to do that my speed goes way down and so does my accuracy.

When my fingers hurt after too much time on the keyboard, I waste time on facebook for ten minutes, stretch out my wrists and begin again!

My tip to improve your typing speed is to...RELAX...feel the rhythm as your fingers dance across the keys. As crazy as this sounds, I express myself through typing even when I'm typing gibberish. Just the way you move your fingers...you can FEEL the life in your fingers just waiting to put wonderful things on the screen.