I think people are passionate about what they are good at, not the other way around. Put another way: The better you are at something the more you enjoy it.
My wife is an award winning ballroom dancer. When we got married she wanted to show off her ballroom dancing skills at the wedding reception. So she dragged me to lessons for 2 months. After our dance at the reception my brothers told me they considered pranking me by shouting out numbers; it was clear I was counting steps as I looked at our feet.