#811: 2x Olympic Archery Medalist Jake Kaminski — Lessons Learned and Mantras Used After 1,000,000 Arrows

Jake Kaminski is a two-time Olympic silver medalist in archery and a longtime member of the US Archery Team. He runs a successful YouTube channel, writes training guides, and develops high-performance gear under the Kaminski Archery brand. Sign up for the Kaminski Archery Backyard Championship here. Sponsors: Helix Sleep premium mattresses: https://HelixSleep.com/Tim (27% off all mattress orders) AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://DrinkAG1.com/Tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.) Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period) * Timestamps: [00:00:00] Start. [00:06:50] A glimpse into the high-precision world of Olympic archery. [00:11:04] How Jake and I connected. [00:18:27] Jake’s auspicious introduction to archery. [00:21:15] Why you (Yes! You!) should try archery. [00:22:01] The differences between bows. [00:25:19] The admirable proficiency of Shot IQ’s Bodie and Joel Turner. [00:26:24] Ethical bow hunting, performing under pressure, and transitioning from rifle to bow. [00:29:22] Why I wouldn’t have cut it as a competitive archer in Korea. [00:30:14] Mindful archery and training hard to make competition easy. [00:37:00] What Jake did when compound bow archery started to get boring. [00:40:00] Meeting legendary Coach Kisik Lee (KSL). [00:43:06] The upsides of having no social life as a kid. [00:45:20] The welcoming weirdness of archery communities. [00:46:33] For the sake of form, Coach Lee shakes things up. [00:51:21] “I am.” — an affirmation for apathy adjustment. [00:58:11] London, 2012 Olypmics: when it all starts coming together. [01:08:28] How does teamwork play out in archery? [01:15:40] My own experience with Coach Lee. [01:19:23] The trials of training and traveling. [01:27:33] Blank bale practice. [01:31:14] Layering, biomechanics, and