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The first drill covers numbers. It is a hard drill to do correctly.  Concentrate on the mechanics of the drill.  Learn the proper pattern for stroking numbers accurately on your steno machine.

1) Rest your fingers on the home keys.
2) Reach out and stroke the number.
3) Return to the home keys.

Make sure that you return fully to the home keys.  If you do this drill correctly, you will  begin to see a difference in your steno within a few minutes.  You will be faster and more accurate than ever.

18 24 39 78 17 30 89 50 27 45
16 48 29 37 58 40 58 20 57 30

250 109 458 157 306 207 458
408 259 107 356 407 358 106

9 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 9 0 5 3 8 47 3 9 2
5 0 3 0 3 8 5 2 0 1 5 8 3 1 5 0 4 7

0 15 5 09 50 4 0 8 5 4 50 8 55
1 5 6 0 50 5 4 40 07 25 58 140 569

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The second drill mixes numbers and letters. Some of these patterns are very unusual in court reporting. Once you understand how this drill is set up, you will enjoy it. This is an excellent drill for those who
had trouble doing the first drill correctly. This will force you to return to the home keys. 

a at sat 5 59 159 a at sat 5 59 159
i ill pill i i8 3i8 i ill pill i i8 3i8

o or roar 0 06 406 o or roar 0 06 406
u up pup u u7 3u7 u up pup u u7 3u7

a at sat 5 59 159 a at sat 5 59 159
i ill pill i i8 3i8 i ill pill i i8 3i8

o or roar 0 06 406 o or roar 0 06 406
u up pup u u7 3u7 u up pup u u7 3u7

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The third drill has some of the easiest strokes in stenography. You should be able to do this drill at high speed with little problem. If one section slows you down, concentrate on that section.

There aren’t many steno speed drills that I recommend. This one is a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted, kick-butt, number-one-with-a-bullet, speed builder.

But you shouldn’t go any faster than your speed on the slowest or toughest section.

Why? Because it is the slow section that is keeping you from moving to a higher speed. Every time you hit a portion of a test with the strokes that you have neglected to master, you have to slow down or you have to drop.

These are the easy strokes
for most people.  The real question is: Of these easy strokes, which ones do you find need
to practice?

Sack sash sag San sass sax sap Sal sat sad Sam sank
Sag sack sash sax San sass sat sap Sal sank sad Sam
Sash sag sack sass sax San Sal sat sap Sam sank sad

cad wad rad pad tad sad Dad bad lad fad gad scad
Dad sad tad pad rad wad cad scad gad fad lad bad
Bad fad scad wad rad pad sad lad gad cad tad Dad

12 89 34 67 18 29 36 47
23 78 14 69 27 38 16 49

12 34 67 89 14 23 69 78
13 24 68 79 14 23 69 78

Tick tack tech take talk teak tuck tyke
Bat beat bit bought bout bet bait bite

Ball bail bell bill bile bowel bowl bull boil bawl
Fall fail fell feel fill file fowl foul full fuel foil

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