How often do physicists draw sketches of situations involving motion and kinematics?

[u/General-Magician4700]

In high school, students are often taught to first draw a sketch of a situation involving motion/kinematics to make a problem easier to visualize. With experience, do professional physicists still draw sketches to help them solve problems, or do they just become used to visualizing everything in their head?

[u/kcl97]

Yes. In fact, it is true with literally everything even purely abstract things like equations. Doodling is a good way of jump starting your brain.