Designing a Model for Spending Sports Leisure Time During the Outbreak of Coronavirus in Iran

Coronavirus epidemics around the world have led to the emergence of different behavioral patterns in different contexts. One of the most important of these areas is sports leisure.

Therefore, the present study was conducted to design a pattern of sports leisure during the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran. The qualitative research method is based on data theory. The statistical population of the study included experts, leisure experts, specialists and professors of sports management. Using snowball sampling method and after a semi-structured interview with 15 people, the researcher reached theoretical saturation. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed through three stages of open, axial and selective coding with Maxqda software.

The results showed that 65 initial codes were classified into 18 categories. Based on the results of the ways of spending time and leisure sports during the corona virus, including 4 categories of natural ways of passing, training, sports and the Internet; Leisure efficiency requirements for sports include 9 categories: Internet Club Requirements, Sports Requirements, Leisure Prerequisite Requirements, Regional Requirements, Individual Requirements, Service Requirements, Government Requirements, Organizational Requirements, and Requirements for Leisure and Sports Leisure and Abroad. It includes 5 categories of individual consequences, collective consequences, developmental consequences, psychological and physical consequences and therapeutic consequences during the coronavirus.

It is hoped that managers and officials will make optimal use of the results of the present study to plan leisure time