Pokémon more fidgety for new players?

I've been playing since 2016, my husband just started playing today. I noticed immediately how more fidgety and jumpy the pokemon were to catch on his game compared to mine by far.

Is this common for new players?

Like, I borrowed his phone and tried to catch some Ponyta during the event today and it was actually difficult with how much they were jumping and attacking unlike on with mine.