Payame Noor University Applied Research of Sport Management 2345-5551 12 3 2023 12 22 Qualitative analysis of digital education in Iranian schools during the Covid-19 pandemic Qualitative analysis of digital education in Iranian schools during the Covid-19 pandemic 83 96 10627 10.30473/arsm.2023.61859.3603 FA Mohammad Mehdi Salari 1 PhD. Student in Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Mohammad Kashtidar Associate Professor of Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Hojjat Hajipour PhD. Student in Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Journal Article 2021 11 27 Today, few people are unaware of the status of physical education in schools and its importance in various socio-cultural aspects of students and the future of championship in the country; But physical education in the country's schools has always faced many challenges.<br /><br />After the of Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of the country's schools, the challenges facing physical education became even more apparent. The aim of this study was to qualitatively analyze digital physical education training during the Covid-19 pandemic and with a descriptive phenomenological approach by Colaizzi method. The sample of the present study was purposefully selected from managers, teachers and experts in the field of physical education teaching and data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews, data analysis was performed with MAXQDA 2020 software. In this regard, seven main themes of digital physical education were identified during the Corona pandemic. The results showed that there are various challenges and bottlenecks for physical education in digital style, which shows the need for more attention of the managers in the Ministry of Education to teach physical education, and in particular to digital education. Today, few people are unaware of the status of physical education in schools and its importance in various socio-cultural aspects of students and the future of championship in the country; But physical education in the country's schools has always faced many challenges.<br /><br />After the of Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of the country's schools, the challenges facing physical education became even more apparent. The aim of this study was to qualitatively analyze digital physical education training during the Covid-19 pandemic and with a descriptive phenomenological approach by Colaizzi method. The sample of the present study was purposefully selected from managers, teachers and experts in the field of physical education teaching and data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews, data analysis was performed with MAXQDA 2020 software. In this regard, seven main themes of digital physical education were identified during the Corona pandemic. The results showed that there are various challenges and bottlenecks for physical education in digital style, which shows the need for more attention of the managers in the Ministry of Education to teach physical education, and in particular to digital education. https://arsmb.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_10627_b3fc32db2415d68ffd8144548ff23ac8.pdf