I can only listen to the “Frozen” soundtracks so many times. I’m in the car on a 14-hour ride to Florida with my wife and two kids to visit their grandparents. 8.In the entire 6-minute, 23-second anthem, there are only a couple of references relating to Bennett’s favorite part of basketball: DEFENSE.Īt that moment, I decided there needed to be a new version of the song, a version that Bennett – the defensive-obsessed coach that he is – and Hoos fans around the world could truly stand behind. Here’s a list of our best basketball songs in descending order. Here are eight of our all-time best basketball songs. Now, you have seen how music can enhance your performance on the court. It’s more like a trance-like state that stimulates and enhances your performance. So, pairing music with the game of basketball helps you to get feelings of energized focus with little conscious effort.
“In the Zone” refers to an altered mental state of awareness during your activities. Music Induces Your Emotions and Deepens Your EnjoymentĬan you relate to this? You heard a song playing on the radio, and it took you down the memory lane? Well, that’s the power of music! It boosts your internal motivation by initiating good emotions-which helps you experience greater pleasure while you play. Music also helps to increase the efficiency of players-especially if the rhythm matches the movement of a basketball player. A recent study showed that music increases your endurance by 15 percent and reduces your rate of perceived effort by 12 percent. Hence, with music, you can take your attention away from the feelings of pain and fatigue when you play the game. The game of basketball involves a lot of endurance. Music Takes Players Mind off The Sensations of Fatigue Here are three ways music can improve your athletic performance. “Sweet Georgia Brown”- Brother Bones and His Shadowsģ Incredible Ways Music Enhances Basketball Performance “Winner”- Jamie Foxx featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I
“Michael Jordan”- Kendrick Lamar featuring School Boy Q
Good question! You’ll get answers as you read further. What does that mean? Can music improve your performance on the court? And the Millennial-they grooved to “Winner” by Jamie Foxx.Ĭostas Karageoghis (A divisional lead for Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences) said, “Music is a unique legal performance-enhancing drug. The 90s rocked to “Roundball Rock” from John Tesh-which remained a theme song for NBC until 2002. The 80s had a blast with “Sirius” from the British rock band-Alan Parsons Project. The 70s enjoyed “Basketball Jones” from Barry White and Chris Rock. It goes from artists mentioning the name of players for their skill to blending the name of players in rhymes-the creativity is endless. “I be that young, pretty, fly, smooth glorious kid/ A bad boy, just like Notorious B.I.G/ I Roc-a-Fella like Shawn Carter.” –lyrics from Big L’s Deadly Combination.įrom the lyrics above, you can tell that music has eaten deep into the game of basketball.