Pre-game hype in lacrosse happens before anybody touches a stick. It is the locker room and the bench area, the few minutes when the team is pulling on gloves, snapping helmets, and waiting to sprint out onto the field together. The right song fills that silence and gets ten kids breathing on the same beat.
These tracks are built for the run-out, not the rally. They hit hard early and keep the energy climbing all the way to the opening face-off, so the team takes the field already fired up instead of waiting for the first ground ball to wake them up.
The list
#10
High Energy
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Best Moment
the clean opening riff
Intimidating entrance.
#09
High Energy
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Best Moment
the "all aboard" laugh
Riff that rocks the sideline.
#08
Very High Energy
HUMBLE.
Kendrick Lamar (clean)
Best Moment
the "sit down" piano drop
Hard, confident hype.
#07
High Energy
Sandstorm
Darude
Best Moment
the rising synth build
Drop-driven hype.
#06
Very High Energy
Can't Hold Us
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (clean)
Best Moment
the "can we go back" shout
Run-out momentum.
#05
High Energy
Thunderstruck
AC/DC
Best Moment
the "thunder" guitar tapping
Building hype intro.
#04
High Energy
Believer
Imagine Dragons
Best Moment
the "pain!" drum hit
Pounding pre-game energy.
#03
High Energy
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Best Moment
the seven-note bass riff
Field stomp chant.
#02
High Energy
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Best Moment
"welcome to the jungle"
Snarl before battle.
#01
Low Energy
Our #1 pick
Till I Collapse
Eminem feat. Nate Dogg (clean)
Best Moment
the marching stomp-clap intro
Locker-room war cry.
Make it theirs
The one song the other sideline can't steal is the one built around your player, with their name, number, and team right in the lyrics, and that is the one we make.
