When it meets other fields.
For Schwarzenegger, competitive bodybuilding preceded film and government. Physique and public image served different functions in each context. Studying that transfer also requires observing what had to be learned anew, rather than assuming a capability moves unchanged.
A way to begin.
Analyze a documented sporting career as a learning process: goals, practice, feedback, and presentation. Identify a principle that might help in another field and the conditions limiting the comparison.
What can you transfer from sustained practice, and what must you learn again?Explore in the laboratory