>>12202847I was struggling like you op. But then I did metacognition about the problems. I realized that looking for patterns wasn't the solution, but that I had to change my views of how to solve the problems.
It involves alot of spatial and geometric thinking. The ability to reduce a problem down to its most basic form, and then slowly add on more complications.
I developed this method call supercharging a problem. You simplify a problem to its most basic form, and you dictate the physics behind the situation in words. Then you add on more complexities, such as friction, etc.
Here's an example. You kick a ball and want to track the movement of a point on the exterior.
The simplest for of this is to think of a ball rolling on a frictionless surface on the ground, and then tracking its center. Then you start with the kick and upwards velocity but not bounce. Then you add multiple bounces. Then you use the angular velocity and vector arithmetic to shift from the center to the edge.
As you go along you first notice the static friction affecting the rolling. Then you see how to compose that with different situations.
The thing you are learning here is how to break a problem apart into its most basic components.
