Overview
UNLTD is a junior-only training academy, working with baseball players 7-17 years old. The Academy is home to all ability levels, from beginners learning the basic skills for Little League to D1 college athletes playing in the elite conferences. Through a unique blend of one-on-one training, group-repetition training, and strength and conditioning, we help our players reach their next level. Each player in the Academy has their personal Coach-Manager that oversees their year-long training plan. The plan varies in frequency and intensity throughout the year so players peak at the most opportune time to accomplish their goals.
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George Zirkel
Baseball Managing Director
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George is a baseball coach and performance specialist who believes sport is one of the most powerful tools for teaching life lessons. He is passionate about using baseball to help athletes develop confidence, discipline, and resilience—on and off the field—while supporting UNLTD’s mission of developing the whole athlete.
George has worked with dozens of MLB and MiLB pitchers, collegiate pitchers at all levels, and high school and youth players throughout the greater Philadelphia area. His coaching philosophy integrates skill development, arm care, physical preparation, and mental performance to support long-term growth and sustainability.
Originally from Monmouth County, New Jersey, George played collegiate baseball at Susquehanna University, where he studied Economics. He later earned his Master’s Degree in Motor Learning and Control from Teachers College, Columbia University. A Certified ArmCare Specialist and Mental Performance Specialist, George values education and is committed to continually learning and evolving to better serve the athletes he works with.
Products
Private Training
Technical Lesson
Build clean repeatable athletic movements and infrastructure that allow the player to perform under competitive pressure. There is a specific focus on route running, man coverage technique, throwing mechanics, open field tackling, ball tracking and other technical components by player position working in conjunction with your position coach.
Game Film
Record technical and tactical aspects of the athlete’s game via the Coaching Eye app for analysis with your position coach in one of our game film rooms.
Repetition Training
Clinic
The athletic movements and infrastructure built in Private Training are reinforced in a high-paced, high-repetition drilling environment. The athlete will work in a group of similar ability players along the UNLTD Pathway.
Tactical Training
Squad
Baseball IQ is increased in small-group, equal-ability live ball sessions that train strategies and deploy these patterns in a competitive environment.
Off-Field Training
Off-Field Training
Speed, strength, agility, mobility, timing and functional movement are trained in our fitness studio, built to improve your on-field performance and prevent injury.
Private Training
Technical Lesson
Build clean repeatable athletic movements and infrastructure that allow the player to perform under competitive pressure. There is a specific focus on hitting, swing mechanics, fielding, throwing/pitching mechanics, ball tracking, off-ball movement and other technical components by player position working in conjunction with your position coach.
Game Film
Record technical and tactical aspects of the athlete’s game for analysis with your coach in one of our game film rooms.
Repetition Training
Clinic
The athletic movements and infrastructure built in Private Training are reinforced in a high-paced, high-repetition drilling environment. The athlete will work in a group of similar ability players along the UNLTD Pathway.
Tactical Training
Squad
Baseball IQ is increased in small-group, equal-ability live ball sessions that train strategies and deploy these patterns in a competitive environment.
Off-Field Training
Off-Field Training
Speed, strength, agility, mobility, timing and functional movement are trained in our fitness studio, built to improve your on-field performance and prevent injury.
Scheduling
Sample Schedule
At UNLTD each player works with their Coach-Manager, and our dedicated Scheduler, to create a custom schedule for all of their programming. This schedule is created after acceptance into the Academy, and locked in for the entire trimester. Once established, the entire schedule is available on the UNTLD app. The app will send reminders to players and parents for upcoming sessions, as well as show the amount of used and upcoming inventory. This schedule helps players to be better prepared for sessions and creates more predictable efficiency in player households.
Cycle Training
Training baseball players has changed over the last decade. Training for multiple hours at high intensity all year round, no longer works. That’s why at UNLTD we employ cycle training. With cycle training, the number of hours, days of the week, and intensity of training fluctuates throughout the year in order to optimize performance and prevent injury. At UNLTD we have two types of cycle training. Varsity Cycle Training amps up the training pre-season but throttles it down during the varsity baseball season. We also utilize Multi-Sport Cycle Training for our athletes that play more than one sport. With Multiple-Sport Cycle Training players are at UNLTD only once a week during the peak season of their second sport, to maintain skill set and timing.
Sample Schedule
Progress
Reporting
Each trimester the UNLTD Coach-Manager will create a progress report marking the advancement of the player. The progress report grades fundamentals, footwork, game awareness, mental approach, and attitude. Throughout the trimester the Coach-Manger will also record multiple training and fitness sessions on video. The film sessions will be reviewed with player and parent, and the Coach-Manager will provide data on speed, agility, strength, ball tracking and more.
College
Recruiting
Successfully graduating from UNLTD can take many different forms. Some of our players choose to continue their baseball career on the collegiate level. For these players, the Academy has created the UNLTD College Pathway Program. This program works with parents and players to help determine the correct academic fit, social fit, financial fit, and athletic fit for the player. A target list of schools and coaches are developed. A suite of recruitment materials are created for outreach to schools including athletic resumes, technical videos, highlight videos and more. Players are prepped for playing showcases, coach interviews and on-site visits. In this program, ULNTD helps to manage and coordinate the athletic and academic outreach and overall recruitment of the player.
