Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA

Building better baseball athletes thru movement training. Movement over Mechanics. Build Athletes!
Former @Dodgers Founder @BaseballFlowsHQ
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[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Players, coaches and parents ‼️

Got stiff hips?

Most of the time it has zero to do with bony anatomical structures

What can it be?

Fascial Adhesions

Let’s break it down!!

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[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

One of the biggest problems in player development is that we’re prioritizing movement SPECIALIZATION over global movement competency

One develops a player who can execute one skill

The other develops an ATHLETE who can adapt to different plays

More movement options is 🔑

[Baseball Flows™ @BaseballFlowsHQ]

Are you optimizing your Global Movement Competency this Off-season?

Better Movement = Better Player

Build the Athlete First‼️

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@flowsdoc He’s like Yoda .
‘My son had a HS/Legion coach who was EXACTLY Murph. After years of hitting tweaks/chat in the dugout he hit almost .500 his senior season , led the state in RBIs at a few points and ended up a game from State .
Great coaching matters so much in baseball.

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Masterclass by Pat Murphy

“I want to be able to beat you 5 different ways!”

This is the future of player development

Positional Versatility
Hitting Versatility
Pitching Versatility

Can you make a play 5 different ways?

Can you hit a Baseball 5 different ways?

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Bookmark this tweet so you can come back to it in 5 years!

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Masterclass by Pat Murphy

“I want to be able to beat you 5 different ways!”

This is the future of player development

Positional Versatility
Hitting Versatility
Pitching Versatility

Can you make a play 5 different ways?

Can you hit a Baseball 5 different ways?

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Masterclass by Pat Murphy

“I want to be able to beat you 5 different ways!”

This is the future of player development

Positional Versatility
Hitting Versatility
Pitching Versatility

Can you make a play 5 different ways?

Can you hit a Baseball 5 different ways?

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

My JUCO coach used to say: “On every play! Know the speed of the hitter AND the runner on 1st.”

Fly ball with less than two outs?

Don’t automatically take the easy out.

Million IQ play by Volpe…

Watch this. 👇

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

I’ve noticed a pattern in baseball players experiencing shoulder pain.

Many have been instructed to “throw over the top,” regardless of their natural arm slot.

Are we overlooking individual movement variability by prescribing ONE throwing pattern?

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

If perfect mechanics were enough…
they wouldn’t disappear in games.

So why does a player look great in lessons, but stiff and inconsistent under pressure in the game?

Let’s break it down🧵

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[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

This is probably one of the biggest gaps in player development.

Sometimes an arm path problem isn’t really an ARM problem.

It can start with how the athlete moves their hips, trunk, or shoulders.

This is why we use a whole-body movement screen at Baseball Flows. We look for limitations in mobility, strength, and coordination that may be affecting how a player throws.

Instead of immediately trying to FIX the arm, we first look at WHY the athlete moves that way.

The good news? Movement patterns can change, even after years of repetition.

Sometimes the best way to improve throwing mechanics is to develop the ATHLETE, not just the throwing motion.

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

I’ve noticed a pattern in baseball players experiencing shoulder pain.

Many have been instructed to “throw over the top,” regardless of their natural arm slot.

Are we overlooking individual movement variability by prescribing ONE throwing pattern?

[Baseball Flows™ @BaseballFlowsHQ]

Youth baseball has a development problem‼️

Kids master drills… not movement.

So when the game speeds up:
late swings, off-balance throws, stiff defenders.

It’s not a mechanics issue.

It’s a movement skills deficiency.

Build the athlete first.

⚾ Move Better. Play Better.

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

@GrahamD14 lol.. in baseball terms “swing your swing” is the same as arm paths… we try to fix players too young before they figure out how their body works. Let them figure it out and train their athleticism first.

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

So true.. this is where the constraints led approach becomes increasingly valuable. Also, understanding arc of motions and why athletes organize towards certain compensatory global movement patterns. I’m the first one to say that dealing with movement impairments is one of the hardest things to do in training

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

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[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

If perfect mechanics were enough…
they wouldn’t disappear in games.

So why does a player look great in lessons, but stiff and inconsistent under pressure in the game?

Let’s break it down🧵

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[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

That’s why we built Baseball Flows.

To give players the movement capacity mechanics depend on:

• Balance
• Coordination
• Sequencing
• Rhythm
• Flow

All in 15–20 minutes.

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