Vol. XIX, Issue 1 / 2018 G Y M N A S I U M Scientific Journal of Education, Sports, and Health 5 Original Article Structure of Talent and Individual Sports Profiles in Late Childhood Kandráč Róbert 1* Čech Pavol 2 Dzugas Dalibor 3 Kačúr Peter 4 Perič Tomáš 5 Balint Gheorghe 6* 1,2,3,4 University of Presov, Ul. 17. novembra 15, Prešov, 08001, Slovak Republic 5 Charles University, José Martího, Prague 6, 15800, Czech Republic 6 „Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Calea Marasesti 157, 600100, Romania DOI: 10.29081/gsjesh.2018.19.1.01 Keywords: motor abilities, testing, primary education Abstract The purpose of the study was to determine individual profiles of sports preconditions in 6- and 7-year-old children and recommend sports according to test scores and individual sports profiles. Data were collected from 1st graders at elementary schools. The children participated in organized sports practice in sports clubs. The sample included 42 boys and 3 girls. Of these, 16 children engaged in soccer practice and 29 children engaged in ice hockey practice. Children performed 10 motor tests (Měkota & Blahuš, 1983; Šimonek, 2015): repeated routing with a stick, flexed arm hang, standing long jump, shuttle run agility test, 20-meter sprint, endurance shuttle run, sit-ups, sit-and-reach test, and rolling- of-three-balls test. To assess decision-making processes, children played a flag chasing game. The results of the correlation analysis showed that correlations among tests were similar for both groups. The individual sports profiles that were applied to determine the appropriateness of sports preconditions for particular sports showed that sports children played and sports for which children showed talent differed considerably. 1. Introduction Sport national governing bodies as well as elite sport clubs invest considerable resources to identify young talented athletes who have the potential to excel in specific sport contexts (Cobley et al., 2012; Till et al., 2017; Vaeyens et * E-mail: gyuri68@hotmail.com, 0744680507