It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be thought to become a good sports person or musician.

The relative importance of natural

talent

and training is a frequent quite topic of discussion when people try to explain different levels of ability in,

for example

,

sport

, art or music. Obviously, education systems are based on the belief that all children can effectively be taught to acquire different skill, including those associated with

sport

, art or music. So from our own school experience, we can find plenty of evidence to support the view that a

child

can acquire these skills with continued teaching and guided practice.

However

, some people believe that innate

talent

is what differentiates a person who has been trained to play a

sport

or an instrument, for those who become good players.

In other words

, there is more to the skill than a learned technique, and

this

extra

talent

cannot be taught, no matter how good the teacher or how frequently a

child

practice. I personally think that some do have talents that are probably inherited via their genes.

Such

talents can give individuals a facility for certain skills that allow them to excel, while most hard-working students never manage to reach a comparable level. But, as will all question of nature versus nurture, they are not mutually exclusive. Good musicians or artists and exceptional sports stars have probably succeeded because of both good training and natural

talent

. Without the natural

talent

, continuous training would be neither attractive nor productive, and without the training, the

child

would not learn how to exploit and develop their

talent

. In conclusion, I agree that any

child

can be taught particular skills, but to be really good in areas

such

as music, art or

sport

,

then

some natural

talent

is required.