Why Do So Many Coaches Say: “That Kid’s Just Smooth”?
And more importantly… can it be taught?

Over the years, one pattern keeps coming up in player development:

We celebrate players who “glide” across the field…
Who make plays look effortless…
Who “just know” how to move.

And often, we assume it’s just talent.

But if we step back and look at the big picture, there’s a different explanation—and it starts with how they grew up moving.

📊 A Growing Global Shift

In 2000, Latin-born players made up 20% of MLB rosters.
In 2024, they make up nearly 30%.

Year after year, players from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other Latin countries consistently rank among the most athletic, agile, and “flowy” players in the game.

Why?

Because their development wasn’t focused on early specialization.
It was rooted in exploration.

🌱 A Different Kind of Foundation

In many Latin communities, kids spend more time playing than practicing.
More time outdoors than in cages.
More time building athletic instincts than rehearsing mechanical drills.

They climb trees, sprint through alleys, and play different baseball with different tools—sometimes barefoot.

They don’t just learn skills…
They build bodies that can express those skills smoothly, efficiently, and powerfully.

🧠 What the Science Tells Us

Movement science backs this up.

Studies on motor learning and developmental kinesiology show that:

Kids who move in more ways—across more environments—develop:

• Better balance

• Stronger core control

• Faster reaction time

• More fluid transitions under pressure

In short, they develop Movement IQ.

💔 The American Movement Gap

In contrast, many youth players in the U.S. are:

• Sitting more due to screens and homework

• Specializing earlier

• Practicing skills before they’ve built the coordination to support them

It’s not a knock on work ethic.
In fact, many kids are training harder than ever—but without the right foundation, all that effort can lead to injury, frustration, and burnout.

🌊 What We’re Working Toward

This is the why behind the Baseball Flows approach.

Not to replace baseball skill work…
But to support it with the kind of athleticism and movement development that most players are missing.

We’ve seen firsthand what happens when a player builds strength and stability from the ground up—through crawling, squatting, rotation, flow, and transitions.

Their confidence grows.
Their coordination sharpens.
They start to look… smooth.

❤️ A Note to Parents and Coaches

If your player feels stuck, stiff, or behind...
It may not be a skill issue—it may be a movement issue.

And the good news?
It’s trainable. At any age. At any position.

We believe in giving kids the chance to move like athletes before we ask them to perform like one.

That’s how we close the gap.
Not with gimmicks or hype.
But with patience, intention, and smarter movement training.

Let’s raise a generation of baseball players who can move—not just play.

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Let's train smarter, move better, and flow in the game.

Best Regards,

Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA

Founder, Baseball Flows

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