“Talent is a word we hear so often in sport. Whether it be parents, coaches, other athletes, managers or whoever, someone is always telling someone that he or she is talented or has heaps of natural ability” (Stojanovic, 1997). “Talent is the substance that a person or group has that sets them apart from other people” (Wikipedia). Jurgen Kozel (1996) describes talent as “extremely complex attribute, genetically determined, complicated in structure and subject to environmental conditions.” How can you find the sport which an individual is most suited to? In addition, how does the coach and sporting organization identify the athlete who is most likely to succeed in a given sport? “The answer is talent Identification (TID), although this method is far from perfect, it does offer athletes, coaches, and sporting organizations an opportunity to identify talent and direct it towards the sport which he/she is most suited”
