Addendum

"It must have been a stylistic choice to make the sports scenes in these movies this slow-paced" - sports fans of the future
"In Rookie of the Year we see the beginning of athletics as we understand them." - movie critic of the future
"Why are Jedi Knights so bad at jumping?" - people of the future

Future Athletic Performance

In the future, physical excellence will have reached such a peak owing to improved conditioning and genetic engineering that people won't even imagine today's sports anime aren't documentaries.