Kyle Devitte
@thekyledevitte.bsky.social
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Lacrosse Writer, Editor, Podcaster, and Coach.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/
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In the latest LacroCity newsletter I launch my new initiative - Framework Lacrosse Academy. Read more here:
lacrocity.substack.com/p/can-the-la...
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Can the lacrosse recruiting process be fixed?
Welcome to my TED talk/new initiative.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/can-the-lacrosse-recruiting-process
11 months ago
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My latest from my LacroCity newsletter - Do Club
#Lacrosse
teams have suggestion boxes? Because I have some thoughts... Read and subscribe here:
lacrocity.substack.com/p/do-club-te...
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Do club teams have suggestion boxes?
Asking for a friend. Hi. The friend is me.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/do-club-teams-have-suggestion-boxes
about 24 hours ago
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A humiliating LacroCity is here. Lots of hard lessons in this one. - What pants to avoid in your team picture - If you need to respect expiration dates on powdered foodstuffs - Whether or not you should know who historical figures from your state actually are
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Throw it back: My lost year at FPC
Why do parents keep these things?
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/throw-it-back-my-lost-year-at-fpc
24 days ago
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My latest for LacroCity touches on my plans for my first practice as a youth coach. Read and subscribe here:
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Oops, I'm a youth coach
Let's go through my "skills and drills" plan
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/oops-im-a-youth-coach
about 2 months ago
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BREAKING: Former St. Sebastian’s head coach Adam White is taking the boys
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position at his alma mater, Phillips Exeter.
2 months ago
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The endgame is about to begin for
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players in the '27 class. Here are 3 things they need to consider - and some advice for those who don't get the calls, emails, and texts they are looking for Sunday night. My latest for LacroCity is live:
lacrocity.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 1st
Cadendo Crescimus
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/september-first
2 months ago
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Is the economy of
#lacrosse
stringing the enemy? My latest LacroCity post is live -
lacrocity.substack.com/p/the-econom...
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The Economy of Stringing
Even if you don't care about stringing lacrosse sticks- you should read this.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/the-economy-of-stringing
3 months ago
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Sometimes you realize too late that thing you’ve been building this whole time - has built you, too. My latest LacroCity newsletter is live. Read and subscribe here:
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Hawk Talk: This is what it's all about
Finding the thing that matters most
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/hawk-talk-this-is-what-its-all-about
4 months ago
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My latest LacroCity newsletter is live with
#HawkTalk
musings on inspiration from the Hamilton Musical, obsession, and what happens when people constantly tell you that you’re crazy.
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Hawk Talk: Playoff time
I will never be satisfied. He will never be satisfied.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/hawk-talk-playoff-time
5 months ago
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My latest for
@usalacrosse.bsky.social
on the D2 Men’s lacrosse championship - an OT thriller to remember:
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
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Kyle Lewis' OT Winner Lifts Adelphi to Back-to-Back NCAA Titles
Adelphi won its second straight NCAA Division II men's championship after a frenetic last few minutes.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/kyle-lewis-ot-winner-lifts-adelphi-back-back-ncaa-titles
5 months ago
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Everyone loves a good underdog story. My latest for
@usalacrosse.bsky.social
on Dickinson's ascent from 3-4 to the D3 NCAA title game.
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
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'Cinderella' or Not, Dickinson Giving Hope to Teams Trying to Break Through
How did a team that started this season 3-4 make it to the national championship game?
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/cinderella-or-not-dickinson-giving-hope-teams-trying-break-through
5 months ago
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New LacroCity explores the futility of the star drill as well as why I stole a famous saying from John Tillman. Read it here:
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Death to the Star Drill
Be less nonchalant, bro.
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/death-to-the-star-drill
6 months ago
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A new LacroCity newsletter comes out tomorrow. Great time to subscribe, friends.
lacrocity.substack.com
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The Lacrocity Newsletter | Kyle Devitte | Substack
Unfiltered perspective, musings, and analysis of the lacrosse world written and curated by Kyle Devitte. #FactsArentMean. Click to read The Lacrocity Newsletter, by Kyle Devitte, a Substack publicatio...
https://lacrocity.substack.com/
6 months ago
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My latest for
@usalacrosse.bsky.social
- the legacy of the Limestone
#lacrosse
programs:
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
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Limestone, Division II Lacrosse Will Always Be Inextricably Linked
Limestone has already closed for good — its lacrosse teams are trying to carry on for as long as possible.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/limestone-division-ii-lacrosse-will-always-be-inextricably-linked
6 months ago
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Please stop sending me the lacrosse hazing story. Like…I work in the media of this sport. Assume all bad news/scandal gets to me quickly.
6 months ago
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A new
#HawkTalk
has dropped on my LacroCity newsletter. Read and subscribe here:
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Hawk Talk: Stop Jumping
"Make him wear cement shoes!"
https://shorturl.at/5deIE
6 months ago
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My 18th season coaching
#Lacrosse
begins today. Thanks to everyone who supported me…and those who didn’t. I couldn’t have done it without you guys.
#GoHawks
7 months ago
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New from my LacroCity Newsletter: The Legend of Danny Lee. No preamble for this one - it works better if you go in cold. I think you'll enjoy it.
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The Legend of Danny Lee
Or: Who hears the goalie whisperer?
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/the-legend-of-danny-lee
7 months ago
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Ten years ago,
@chrisrosie22.bsky.social
and I wrote of our love for Val Kilmer by assigning his movies to MLL teams in our weekly picks. To this day, it is one of the best things I’ve ever written with someone. RIP to the legend.
www.insidelacrosse.com/article/mll-...
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MLL Team Ranks and Picks: Val Kilmer Edition
This may come as a shock to some of you, but lacrosse fans of a certain age may have no clue who Val Kilmer is. Sure, he might have
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/mll-team-ranks-and-picks-val-kilmer-edition/32287
7 months ago
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Hawk Talk is back for season 5. In the opening edition, I break down JV/Var and the naming of the Captains. Don’t forget to register for Goalie summit 15 - link in the post!
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Hawk Talk, Season 5, Episode one - Captains
We're using legacy numbering and a dose of reality
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/hawk-talk-season-5-episode-one-captains
7 months ago
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Someone ranked my team No. 1 in NH D3 and I’m furious about it. Hoisted by my own petard.
7 months ago
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Doing weird stuff to get ready for my season. Aka: posting from the squat rack the day practices start.
7 months ago
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"_______ is a creative crease chimera who knows how to finish the ball." The job can be fun sometimes.
8 months ago
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One of my favorite pods to do all year - it’s the ISL show!
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ISL Season Preview: Chasing the Goal podcast
YouTube video by New England Lacrosse Journal
https://youtu.be/j47Y0yIH_TA?si=iTIR4r0eR7HGUUhL
8 months ago
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This has been an absolutely brutal week to do ranks for D2 and D3.
8 months ago
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Been busy with the boys at Haus of Athletes for the last 7 weeks. Implementing a
#lacrosse
training regimen with middle and high school players that builds skill with drills, free play and mini games. If you’re in the Merrimack Valley, check out Haus.
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8 months ago
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For the culture. For the stringer bros. For the
#lacrosse
parents:
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/mis...
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The Essential Lacrosse Parents' Guide to Stringing Sticks
Learn about the basic components of a stick and pocket, watch online video tutorials, follow the top stick doctors in the game and get to work.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/misc/how/essential-lacrosse-parents-guide-stringing-sticks
8 months ago
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My latest LacroCity newsletter is up! It's a contemplative and thankful piece on the joy of watching live
#lacrosse
.
lacrocity.substack.com/p/the-privil...
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The Privilege
Closed Door Lacrosse Excellence
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/the-privilege
8 months ago
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Pro tip: if head coaches don't answer your email, cc all their assistant coaches. It will annoy them into compliance. Allegedly.
8 months ago
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Worst trend I have seen in the first weeks of the college
#lacrosse
season: Dudes thinking they can run through 4 checks. Especially when those dudes are SSDMs. Pass the ball. It’s not for you.
8 months ago
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This is the most Patrick post that has ever been posted.
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9 months ago
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It’s February and coaches who haven’t even played games yet are in their feels about my articles.
#Lacrosse
season is finally here.
9 months ago
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My latest post for
@usalacrosse.bsky.social
Magazine aims to help parents fit their kids for new
#lacrosse
gear. (And I snuck in a Petey Pablo reference.)
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/mis...
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6 Tips to Fit Your Child for New Lacrosse Gear
Fitting your kid for new gear is best done in a brick-and-mortar store.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/misc/youth/6-tips-fit-your-child-new-lacrosse-gear
9 months ago
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Just heard a Chazz Woodson shoutout on the U Tampa vs. Florida Southern
#lacrosse
broadcast. Florida, man.
9 months ago
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ACL recovery update: both of my hamstrings are basically meaty Twizzlers and I can't even think about playing until I get them yoked. If anyone has any great hamstring-building exercises, please send them to me.
9 months ago
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Streaming
#lacrosse
games is no better in 2025 than it was in 2015. There might be more of it, but it’s not better.
9 months ago
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Cool to see a portion of this week’s LacroCity newsletter being used in a presentation at the New England Lacrosse Convention.
9 months ago
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Can’t wait to see how he interacts with the pro lax media…
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9 months ago
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My latest for USA Lax Mag is up. Free play
#lacrosse
is the way forward.
www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/mis...
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Michael Sowers Found Time for Free Play. So Should You.
Michael Sowers was at an offseason training dead end. Then he embraced free play.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/misc/youth/michael-sowers-found-time-free-play-so-should-you
9 months ago
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Latest newsletter is out and, yes, I'm still mad.
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Sportsmanship
An essay
https://lacrocity.substack.com/p/sportsmanship
9 months ago
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reposted by
Kyle Devitte
Dan Arestia
9 months ago
Preseason DII Top 20 is here. It's not easy to settle in on these rankings, it takes a lot of time, but pumped to be back for another season doing this. Seven teams in this Top 20 are in action this weekend, including #2 Limestone and #3 Tampa.
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Adelphi Ranked No. 1 in USA Lacrosse Division II Men's Preseason Top 20
Adelphi was the NCAA Division II champion in 2024.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/adelphi-ranked-no-1-usa-lacrosse-division-ii-mens-preseason-top-20
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To the U10 coach who tried to rip my hand off in the handshake line after we racked your team - I hope you enjoy the 1,500 words that are going to hit the newsletter about you this week.
9 months ago
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Today I wrote 1,051 words on how to buy your kid new
#lacrosse
pads without losing your mind in the process. This job is so weird.
9 months ago
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The ruins of time build mansions in eternity
10 months ago
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reposted by
Kyle Devitte
Daniel Fienberg
10 months ago
"Lynchian" is a fully realized and instantly comprehensible adjective, as concrete a one-word summation of an artist's aesthetic and worldview as has ever been associated with any artist in any medium. Things will forever be Lynchian, but there was only one David Lynch.
#RIP
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David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-lynch-blue-velvet-mulholland-drive-1236110711/
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Me writing about the transfer portal: "It’s less of an arms race than it is a cold war. Everyone is in the fight, and everyone is talking about it, but most of them are saying the same thing: It’s not going away, and it’s a useful tool. Yeah, so is a grenade."
10 months ago
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Hey, if you ever wondered why I rarely cover Quinnipiac, it's because their SIDs and Coaches haven't returned an email or a phone call from me or my staff for the last 5 years.
10 months ago
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Happy “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” release day for those who observe.
10 months ago
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Found my first string job…
10 months ago
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The NHIAA schedule is out. I'm finally going to coach against my alma mater this spring.
11 months ago
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Today marks my 1,000th post for New England Lacrosse Journal. I'm sort of in shock, I can't believe it's only been a few years and I've written that many articles for anyone about anything. Coolest job in the world. Thanks for letting me do it.
11 months ago
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