The Delmarva Aces are ready for another exciting offseason as they are set to start up activities on Tuesday, November 5th at the Bishopville location and Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Middletown location. This is the organization’s 11th offseason. The program is pleased to offer the following this winter:

Winter Academy (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Those in the program, along with our academy players, will participate in 12 winter academy sessions this winter. The academy runs from November to March with players training in pitching hitting, fielding and baserunning. Players must have decided which location they will be training out of and also a reminder that each player is to stay with their assigned groups throughout the offseason. Each session will be led by one pitching instructor, two hitting instructors and two fielding instructors. See links below.

• • Bishopville Academy Schedule
  • Bishopville Academy Rosters
  • Bishopville Academy Itinerary
  • Middletown Academy Schedule

Lil Aces (Saturday mornings at 10AM)

Lil Aces has been a huge hit the last several years and it is back for its sixth year. The Lil Aces are 5U-7U are train in small groups for two hours on Saturday mornings from 10AM-12PM. The Lil Aces do pitching, hitting, fielding, baserunning and learn the basics of how to play baseball. This is meant for the beginners as the basic skills are taught all across the board. Once their 10-session winter season is finished, a 7U group will be selected and the team will play in various contests together. See dates below.

• • Lil Aces Bishopville Schedule –  Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Dec. 7, Dec. 14, Jan. 4, Jan. 11, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 15, Feb. 22
  • Lil Aces Middletown Schedule – Nov. 9, Nov. 23, Dec. 7, Dec. 21, Jan. 4, Jan. 11, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Feb. 15, Feb. 22

Winter Team Practices (Saturday, Sunday)

All Delmarva Aces teams are scheduled practice slots between Bishopville, Dover HS and Middletown. The slot times vary with each location and the Middletown/Bishopville locations will have two teams split the practice times. After stretching, one team will start with hitting in the cages, while the other team will start in the open area with throwing/fielding. The practices slots are scheduled throughout the winter, but open up to FCFS once the winter season ends in March.

• • Bishopville Practice Schedule (part 1)
  • Bishopville Practice Schedule (part 2)
  • Middletown Practice Schedule (part 1)
  • Middletown Practice Schedule (part 2)
  • Dover Practice Schedule (coming soon)

Speed and Agility Group Training (Monday, Friday)

The Bishopville and Middletown locations will each have Speed and Agility sessions on Monday/Friday nights throughout the offseason. Here, those in attendance can train to get faster and more agile. Each night offers several workouts with the younger groups taking one slot and the older players doing another. Ellis Gaulden returns to run the workouts in Bishopville, while Jeff Simpson and Sport Specific Training will anchor the sessions in Middletown. Reminder that this is included in the cost for Aces full-time players, Aces academy players and Lil Aces.

• Bishopville Speed & Agility Schedule
  6:00 – 7:00PM for 7U-11U
  7:00 – 8:00PM for 12U-18U
  Dates: Dec. 2, Dec. 6, Dec. 9, Dec. 13, Dec. 16, Dec. 20.,
  Jan. 3, Jan. 6, Jan. 10, Jan. 13, Jan. 17, Jan. 20, Jan. 24, Jan. 27, Jan. 31,
  Feb. 3, Feb. 7, Feb. 10, Feb. 14, Feb. 17, Feb. 21, Feb. 24
• Middletown Speed & Agility Schedule
  6:00 – 7:00PM for 7U-10U
  7:00 – 8:00PM for 11U-14U
  8:00 – 9:00PM for 15U-18U
  Dates: Nov. 25, Dec. 2, Dec. 13, Dec. 16, Dec. 20,
  Jan. 3, Jan. 6, Jan. 10, Jan. 13, Jan. 17, Jan. 20, Jan.24, Jan. 27, Jan. 31,
  Feb. 3, Feb. 7, Feb. 10, Feb. 14, Feb. 17, Feb. 21, Feb. 24, Feb. 28,
  March 3, March 7

Private Pitching/Hitting/Fielding Instruction (Monday, Friday)

Alongside speed and agility, all kinds of baseball lessons will be taking place inside both locations this winter. The sessions will take place from 2:30PM – 10PM with hitting, pitching, fielding and catching workouts. Some instructors provided one-on-one workouts, while others do small groups. Each location has instructors with professional, international and collegiate playing/coaching experience. Please see list below of instructors are each location:

• Bishopville Instructors
  • Pitching – Dave Whigham (St. Louis Cardinals Scout), Chris Bengel (former Calvert Hall/UMES pitching coach), Austin Heenan (Salisbury University pitching coach), Ben Bills (former SAGU (Texas) RHP), Brayden Luers (former Wilson College pitcher) and Benji Thalheimer (former Salisbury University pitcher)
  • Hitting/Fielding – Steven Longo (former Long Island Ducks MIF), Josh Knupp (former Hagerstown CC player), Simon Palenchar (former Radford/Salisbury 1B/3B, Anthony Torreullas (current Indy Pro player), Billy Laird (former Del Tech player), Jordan Johnson (current Delmar HS head coach), Richard Carey (former PSU Altoona catcher), Christian Murphy (former Chesapeake/Salisbury OF)
• Middletown Instructors
  • Pitching – Dom DiSabitino (former MiLB RHP), Kam Raison (current Delaware State pitching coach), Devin McClendon (former Chesapeake/WilMU pitcher), Derrick Sokolowski (Polish National Team)
  • Hitting/Fielding – Trey Mears (owner of MBI and former D3 All-American), Krew Boulding (former Delaware State player), Ryan Seymour (former college infielder), Nathan Arterbridge (2024 Gatorade Player of the Year), Brendan Timmons (current C/1B at Delaware State), Carter Boyd (current INF at Delaware State), Brandon Boyd (current OF at Delaware State), Chase Rosenquist (Director of Delmarva Aces North) and Jack Sullivan (current Cumberland CC assistant coach).