Why are we always extremely competitive in such a small space?

I've been thinking about a phenomenon recently:
Why can we excel in activities like piano, table tennis, and problem-solving,
But in football, native innovation, and complex system building, we often find ourselves lacking?
I think this boils down to a kind of 'square inch law'.
The temptation of finite games
with 88 keys on a piano, a table tennis table with boundaries, and a Go board of 19x19?
The commonality in these fields is: closed rules, full information games, and immediate feedback.
This is a linear 'square inch world'.
Chinese people have a traditional mindset that is harmful, believing that effort can be quantified, and then it becomes a competition of who works harder.