Music and Sports

Have you ever noticed that every athlete you look at during practice has on the infamous ear buds and are apparently listening to their favorite music? Or when you walk into an arena and the crowd is getting seriously pumped up it’s because they are listening to some kind of music being pumped into the arena?

Music and sports have been joined at the hip for hundreds, thousands of years. In ancient times when the gladiators were about to come into the arena, what pumped up the crowd? It was the band of trumpeters next to the king playing the music of the time which foretold that the match was about to begin.

Music can be an adrenaline drip to an athlete. The athlete understands what music gets their heart racing a bit or their feet moving and picks the songs to play when they are looking for an extra edge when practicing, working out or preparing for their next match.

Just watch a basketball shoot around or football players in the weight room. And what about those introductions? Getting ready for a game, when being introduced to the crowd often times the athlete is allowed to pick the song they want played. You ever notice how pumped they get? Jumping, high fiving and flexing their muscles.

Music, athletics and adrenaline can be used very affectively to influence the performance of the individual athlete. The connection between the two will be on going as long as it continues to give an athlete any kind of edge.