Special talents typically require not very much practice to do compared to others who aren’t naturally gifted at a specific skill. Everyone has their own unique talent that others might struggle to learn, such as tattooing, drawing, creating graphics or doing a sport. They can also be called gifts, natural talents, strengths or skills.

“My special talent is cheer, and I really like it because I’m able to bring out my personality and stuff. My favorite part is probably stunting, and once my stunt group got an extension, we were really excited, but my favorite thing for my stunt group to do is a J-up into a pop off,” junior Abbey Worth said.

For Worth, her talent is a team sport that she is new to this year, but she still loves and works her hardest for her team. She talked about how her group had to work really hard to get all of these skills and tricks that they do.

“Something that I really love about gymnastics is the challenge of it and how you can never really reach a level of like, perfection. There is always something more to reach for. The place I go to practice, we have a really good community and are like a family, and I really just love being there,” junior Maximilian Sansoni said.

Sansoni’s talent is something he’s always had in his life, compared to Worth’s, whose talent is relatively new to her. Some people discover their talent later in their lives.

Talents can be something that are developed over time. Something that makes special talents so “special” is the fact that they are unique to everyone. They can help give people a center to who they actually are, individually. They can help people grow and change what they might do or possibly try to do as a profession. An example of this would be someone who is highly flexible might want to join the circus after seeing acrobats doing their tricks.

Some people may think that they don’t have special talents; however, everyone does. Finding a special talent can help people find something to really focus on and love about themselves. It can help someone grow into a better person and find what is individualized about themselves in particular compared to anyone else. Special talents are there, people just have to work to find theirs sometimes.