The problem may be rather easy to identify and solve. A mismatch between organizational and thinking or processing styles could very well be at the heart of the difficulty. Linear sequential thinkers process information in a pieces to whole fashion. Gestalt thinkers, also called holistic, process information in a whole to pieces fashion.
Some individuals are cross-dominant or have no dominant hemisphere.
Gestalt thinkers do well at games or activities which require pattern analysis or pattern matching. The oriental board game, Go, is an example of a game where the strategies are best developed using a whole to parts method. When I play Go, I picture the board as I want it to be and then work towards that goal. This type of thinker is more likely to try and solve problems by using parallel solutions or groups of steps. Linear thinkers do well at games or activities which can be broken down into sequential steps.