Identification of talented sports individuals and their timely introduction into the training process of a sport that corresponds the most to their abilities is one of the most demanding processes in the modern sport science. Wrong decisions are frequent and usually very painful. Elite sport is an area of human creativity which Slovenians value extremely highly. In terms of population size, Slovenia is one of the most successful "sport countries" in the world. Due to the smallness of the biological base, a well deliberate and professional approach is required in the identification of individuals for a specific sport. The Faculty of Sport has developed certain expert systems and methods for evaluation and identification of children’s talents, the purpose of which is to help parents and experts adopt the correct decisions concerning the introduction of children in a sport. These methods are based on the application of specific tests for establishing individual motor abilities. A battery of 13 morphology tests, 14 tests of special motor abilities and 3 tests of running motor abilities was used. It was established that special tests of explosive power and speed had the highest predictive power for children’s talents. It should be emphasised that despite the state-of-the-art technology and methodology in the measurement procedures, it is impossible to predict talent with absolute certainty, let alone the future sport achievements. Human body is an extremely complex system that is determined by many unpredictable factors. Undoubtedly, the results of the expert methods can be used as guidance in the process of choosing a specific sport for a person.