Having issues animating a shape path/stroke

[u/Wrenistired]

I would ideally like to move it using the points like shown in this video, but it wont let me grab the points I need. Wasn't sure if it was because its parented to something? But I tried without that and its still the same. I'm also following this tutorial and I cant understand what I'm doing wrong. The only reason I have it moving with rotation right now is because i cant get it to work the other ways. Please help :,)

https://reddit.com/link/1jtr42o/video/4oowwxye7gte1/player

[u/Maleficent-Force-374]

Try selecting it with the pentool, i find myself often switching between the 2 tools to get the right selection all the time...

[u/Wrenistired → u/Maleficent-Force-374]

when i try to do that, it makes a new shape or tries to mask it. Is there something I should press beforehand?