Abstract: As a century-old original theory in modern Chinese sports studies, the theory of transfer value in sports is of great importance for constructing an independent knowledge system of sports studies with Chinese characteristics. Its intellectual lineage, theoretical core, and recontextualization are worth exploring in particular. The study reveals that its Western intellectual lineage, while incorporating the Eastern lineage characterized by salvation-driven motivations and modernity awakening, integrates the threefold foundation of YMCA sports philosophy and the paradigmatic transformation of pragmatist education, thus presenting a feature of dialectical integration of Eastern and Western thoughts. Its theoretical core primarily includes three components: 1) movement as the core proposition of educational transfer, 2) the transfer realization mechanism through physiological-psychological-social interaction, and; 3) the validity assurance system for transfer through scientific management and educational intervention. This study finally proposes the following recontextualization approaches in the contemporary context: 1) theoretical clarification through conceptual dichotomy, ontological articulation and elaboration of transfer mechanisms; 2) functional expansion through diachronic evolution, spatial radiation and subject-object mutual constitution; and 3) practical pathways through policy coordination, technological empowerment and academic foundational consolidation.

Key words: The Transfer Value of Athletics, John Ma, original theory in sports studies, Sport Value Transfer, Sport Thoughts