Learn without a teacher? James reveals the secrets of childhood training: Without a trainer, he relies on self-study

LeBron James rarely talked about his childhood basketball training experience in the latest podcast program "Brain of the Court".

The four-time NBA champion and historical scoring champion revealed that he did not have any professional basketball trainers before entering the NBA, and all his basketball skills were practiced "head-on" with his friends on the street court.

James recalled: "I never had a 'basketball trainer'. It was not until my second, third, or even fourth year in the NBA that I had a 'basketball trainer'. My basketball training was to play on the court. Let's go play directly. Five-on-five, two-on-two, or three-on-three, and the 33-point or 21-point games we played when we were kids."

When James was a kid, basketball training was far from being as systematic as it is now. He mentioned that he often counts as one team by himself and is defended by all his friends. If he scores, he can go to the free throw line to pay two balls and continue to attack with the ball. This "unlimited singles" model has enabled him to develop strong personal offensive abilities.

In the same podcast, James also compared the training methods of modern young players.

He sighed: "Now you drive by the park, how many times have you seen children playing basketball? It's hard to see them." He believes that most children now receive systematic training in indoor training halls and lose the freedom and creativity of street basketball.

James also mentioned that when he was a child, he not only played basketball, but also played other sports such as rugby, track and field. Nowadays, children often focus on a single event too early, which leads them to "exhaust their energy" in their 20s and even lose their love for basketball.