Is the only answer to do more tactics?

"... and to demonstrate that these tactics really do come up in actual play, a game from an over-the-board tournament, in Round 2 of the Moncton Easter Open 1983:"

Well, let's look a little more carefully at this. I think you are giving misguided advice. This reminds of when I was learning Chinese characters that Japanese use in Japanese class. A similar thing was "Don't read a newspaper until you know 2,000 Chinese characters."

But this is how you can see the puzzles in context. You presented the puzzle without the other pieces on the board. I know you were highlighting the pieces with essential moves from the game. What you didn't realize is again, I found a different way to solve the puzzle than the answer, and  it was different from what the computer showed in the top lines.

I don't think we should be looking for all the possible ways a queen sac can get the mate. Sure, in the game you showed, the queen sac makes more sense. But in the puzzle you presented, there are safer ways to get a mate which I would recommend doing instead. You don't play that many more moves and you are trading a rook instead of sacking a queen.

Either there is time on the clock or there isn't. If there is time on the clock, then most likely your opponent will see the inevitable mate and resign. At least they should. I am on Kamsky's team when it comes to this.

I am not making a case for not doing tactics, but in this second final position then we should have been given the position in the game so we could see the context. Perhaps if someone doesn't see f6 or Qg5, then show position one in the series. 

I would have preferred to see the game as it was first up to the point where the mating puzzle started. 

Here's one from a game I just played. How would you theme this mate?

https://chessmood.com/blog/the-myth-about-chess-tactics-and-solving-chess-puzzles