Title: Warm-up strategies of professional soccer players: Practitioners’ 1 perspectives 2 3 Running title: Warm-up strategies of professional soccer players 4 Type of Article: Original Research 5 Keywords: survey, situational factors, current practice, theoretical reasoning 6 Authors: Christopher Towlson 1 , Adrian W. Midgley 1 , Ric Lovell 2 7 Authors Affiliations: 1 The University of Hull, UK 8 2 University of Western Sydney, Australia 9 Contact Details for the Corresponding Author: 10 Dr Ric Lovell 11 School of Science & Health, 12 University of Western Sydney, 13 Locked Bag 1797, 14 Penrith South DC, 2751, 15 New South Wales, 16 AUSTRALIA. 17 Email: r.lovell@uws.edu.au 18 Ph: 0061 (0)2 4620 3304 19 Fax: 0061 (0)2 4620 3792 20 21 22 3561 word count (excluding abstract and references) 23 Abstract word count of 201 24 Table 1, 2 and 3 25 Figure 1 and 2 26