Warm Up Songs

Listening to warm-up songs is one great way to set up the mood before starting off with football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, etc., and even for workouts in gyms. The best warm-up song is the one whose rhythm and beats reconcile with the steps and rhythm of the activity. Slow tempo and lively songs are a great choice due to the obvious fact that, warm-ups involve slow and gradually increasing exercises. Such songs are also preferred by some teams for a reason as simple as that the song suits the personality of the team members. For instance, if a warm-up song is related to a winning event for a football team, then it is most likely that the same song will be played before every game the team plays. So, not just the warm up, the teams spirit is also associated with such songs.

Some Great Numbers for Volleyball

• Lose Yourself - Eminem
• Fight the Good Fight - Triumph
• Magic Power - Triumph
• Down Under - Men at Work
• November Rain - Guns N' Roses
• Crazy - Seal
• Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
• Rock On - Michael Damian
• Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
• Unwanted - Avril Lavigne
• Till I Collapse - Eminem
• Good Lovin - Slim and Faboulos
• How I Live - Twiztid
• Can't Tell Me Nothin - Kanye
• Successful - Drake
• A Born Storyteller - Mary Stewart
• Second Coming - Juelz Santana
• Go Hard - DJ Khaled
• I Am A Beast - Lil Wayne
• The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) - Black Sheep
• Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.) - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
• Crank Dat - Soulja BoyStraight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
• It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube

Some for Football

• Shook Ones Part II - Mobb Deep
• The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
• C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
• The Light - Common
• New Noise - Refused
• This is the new S*** - Marilyn Manson
• Freak of Nature - SiniStar
• Pride - Soil
• Rock you like a Hurricane - Scorpions
• White Knuckles - Five Finger Death Punch
• Bark At the Moon - Ozzy
• Twisted Transistor - Korn
• Devour - Shinedown
• Can't Be Touched - Roy Jones Jr.
• Last Resort - Papa Roach
• Let's Go - Lil Jon and Trick Daddy
• Waking the Demon - Bullet for My Valentine
• Down With The Sickness - Disturbed
• I Will Be Heard - Hatebreed
• Drop The Bombshell - Powerman 5000
• Meaning of Life - Disturbed
• Step Up - Drowning Pool
• Droppin Plates - Disturbed
• Onward To Victory - Icepick
• White Lines - Grandmaster Melle Mel

Songs for Basketball

• Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocy
• Chicago Bulls Theme Song
• Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (Tomoyasu Hotei)
• Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
• Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
• Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas
• Welcome To the Jungle - Guns and Roses
• Roll Out - Ludacris
• The Crackhouse - Fat Joe & Lil Wayne
• Watch Dis - Plies
• No Problem - Lil Scrappy
• Been A Boss - Lil Scrappy, Young Dro & Bohagon
• I Run This - Birdman & Lil Wayne
• Born An OG - Ace Hood & Ludacris
• Bout Me - Ace Hood & Ball Greezy
• Gangsta Gangsta - Lil Scrappy
• Ghostface Killah - Guest House
• Young Hash - Remedy
• Wale - Pretty Girls
• Ice Berg - Closer To My Dreams
• Krumb Snatcha - Hidden
• Drum Squad - Dis Gurl ft. S Fresh HD
• Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom

Some More Songs

• Shattered - The Rolling Stones
• Bring the Pain - Method Man
• Live - Lenny K
• Growing On Me - The Darkness
• Anything - Andrew W.K
• Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated
• Complete Control - The Clash
• Run Rabbit Run - Eminem
• Victory - Biggie Feat. Puffy & Busta
• Listen Here - Adam F Feat. Capone n Noreaga

Selection of warm up songs cannot be categorized under a specific genre or style. I did mention that slow tempo songs are more appropriate to be used for warming up sessions. However, it depends on the listener and his mood. Some people prefer listening to fast running songs during warming up session, while some like it slow. So choose the one that suits your mood, and play your game!