In this opinion piece I reiterate the concepts of near and far transfer as previously described in the psychological literature. I show that despite very limited evidence, many technologies, tools and methods make questionable claims of eliciting far transfer from generic perceptual and/or cognitive training to sports performance. Specifically, this commentary illustrates with studies on stroboscopic vision, neurofeedback training and executive functions that the claims made for the beneficial effects of these training methods are currently unsubstantiated. I conclude that greater scrutiny by researchers is needed in order to assist practitioners to make better-informed decisions about tools, methods and technologies that may aid sports performance.

在这篇评论文章中，我重申了心理学文献中先前描述的近转移和远转移的概念。我表明，尽管证据非常有限，但许多技术、工具和方法提出的关于引发从一般知觉和/或认知训练到运动表现的远距离转变的说法是值得怀疑的。具体来说，这篇评论通过对频闪视觉、神经反馈训练和执行功能的研究表明，这些训练方法的有益效果的说法目前尚未得到证实。我的结论是，研究人员需要进行更严格的审查，以帮助从业者就可能有助于运动表现的工具、方法和技术做出更明智的决定。