Playing too fast...

I have recognized that I am playing way too fast. Basically, my coor. games is more like I'm playing a semi.

I figure the solution is to implement some kind of a process, a routing, a habit, that I follow every time in anlyzing the board.

Anybody got any suggestions or tricks?

is playing to fast harming your game, is that why you think it may be a problem? Some people can play really fast simply because they think really fast, if y ou can handle playing fast and its not effecting your game then I do not see a problem. However, if you are playing to fast because you are impatient and cant wait to make the next move then yes that can be a problem.  I like to wait 3 to 5 seconds before moving unless I know exactly where I want to be next move.

I don't know but I may need to watch that too.

EDIT: Here you go: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/playing-too-fast 

EDIT2: I remember posting this before and I found it: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/help-me Remember this was when I was 12 or so.

i used to time my self, i used 5 minutes per move ( after the first few moves) this gives me time to think and choose the best move, and it stops me from rushing. ( i used a kitchen timer)

Pretty basically, slow down. Try taking your move to the analysis board, even if it seems obvious, do a "checklist":

Are any of my pieces pinned? Rember a queen is often fine to pin against, even a rook may work in some conditions.

Are any of my queen, king and rooks standing two knights moves apart? If so what would it take for my opponent to exploit this?

What checks can my opponent do?

What captures can my opponent do?

Depending on your ambition there is countless more checks to add to the list. It is as much about forcing you to take time to look at the situation as it is about the mentioned concepts.

You may also find some offensive options by inverting the method.

I usually don't take longer than a few seconds on my Opening moves; because I have them down well enough. On normal moves, 5 minutes is plenty of time for me. In really tricky situations, I might take a little longer to work out the variations. Of course, endgames are easier because fewer pieces means your calculations are less complicated.

I've never understood how anyone can take more than ten minutes on a move. Unless you're a GM and are working out tons of lines or something.

When I first started seriously playing chess (for my high school team), I noticed that after any game's finish I hadn't burned more than 10-15 minutes off my clock in total.

At the time it wasn't mandatory in our conference to keep notation.  My coach forced me to anyway, which by default slowed my game down (as I had to write everything down).  Additionally, I seemed to think a bit more, as writing a move seemed to feel more concrete than a move on the board (strange?).  I took it a step further by writing "Are you sure?" on the top of each notation sheet before a game started.  After some work I learned to use my clock optimally.

It might be cumbersome to write out notation for all of your correspondance games, but some variation of the idea may be applicable ;)

i can stop that im too slow

I'm too fast; I'm missing a lot of moves and my chess has just been tasteless and plain lately. Anyone have any tips? My coach told me to play 30 mins btw.