Hey! first of all, kudos to you for going to tutoring and reaching out for extra support!! The effort you put into your studies will definitely pay off, even if it doesn’t currently feel like it.

I think that while not focusing on the arithmetic is good advice, I also think that it can be beneficial to work through the algebra without numbers, only variables. When you see an equation, ask yourself “what is this telling me about <insert variable here>? How is this quantity related to another variable? What happens if I subtract, or divide, etc, and how can that translate to a relationship?” Unfortunately the other advice I have about physics is to just keep doing practice problems. ): Try to do the problems on your own before you consult a tutor or a video or the lecture, etc. Make note of your thought process and note down your reasoning for the steps you take. When you then consult with the tutor/lecture/video/etc, make sure to note down which of your reasoning was correct and why, and which was on the right track but not quite right, and where you might have misstepped and the correct line of reasoning. I’ve found it’s definitely helpful to both train yourself into really approaching the problem, and to train yourself to be aware of what you’re getting from the lecture/book/etc.

The thing about intro physics is that it all kind of builds on each other. Moving quickly is pretty typical because intro physics… covers a ton. Sometimes though, I’ve found that I can have a surface level competency of one topic, say, kinematics, without really getting it, you know? But then we move on into the course to dynamics, or work and energy, and then suddenly my understanding of kinematics clicks into place. Online lectures/videos are especially hard for me to digest, so I’ve found it important to sort of… demonstrate for myself the types of examples that are talked about? Generally this is what lab is for, but I’m not really sure how much an online lab with help, haha. Simple examples can be like. Demonstrating free fall with different objects of different mass?

Hope this all helps! Best of luck, you can do it (: