I was watching a match in the recent past and the crowd is expounding upon the unbelievable excellence of the athletes. I did see outstanding excellence in athleticism, but poor execution.
Is it possible to be fast and yet have poor footwork? Yes! When you have athletes going too fast they get to the ball early and pound it into the front wall. What does the opponent do?
Yep-tries to hit it back harder! With doubles that is four people blasting away. It is great theater, but not great racquetball.
When I see a great athlete, I want to make them understand that since they are better athletes than their opponents, they do not want the floor to beat them. By hitting one wall shots and making the court bigger, the faster and more athletic player can win. When that same player begins ripping everything and diving and pinching and splatting that player drops down at least one level in ability! Put it another way, the open player becomes an A player. By the same token when they hit a good wide angle pass that player becomes a pro player.
Moral? Strive to play up a level, not down!