#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.


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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 other early points of
focus.


[01:33:03] The underrated importance of follow through.


[01:36:40] Coach Lee’s take on follow through vs. release.


[01:37:29] Gauging tension and intention as an instructor.


[01:38:52] Attention to grouping over hitting the bullseye.


[01:40:57] Making adaptations for physical limitations.


[01:43:30] The ups and downs of our patented “Jesus take the
wheel” instinctive approach.


[01:46:24] Warm-up tournaments, barebowing, black bales, and
string walking.


[01:50:54] Recovering from the disaster that made me rethink
Lancaster.


[01:55:15] Rebalancing gear: arrows and arrow rests.


[02:00:50] The importance of practicing in tournament-like
conditions.


[02:04:03] Securing convenient fuel.


[02:08:17] Lancaster preparation logistics (with special thanks
to Heather Kaminski and Rick Simpson Oil).


[02:13:17] The glue that holds us together: note-taking and
training logs.


[02:16:47] Even counterintuitive consistency is key.


[02:18:45] Our experience at Lancaster.


[02:28:00] “The goal is to do the least necessary, not the most
possible.” — Henk Kraaijenhof


[02:31:44] Learning by observation and conversation on the
practice range.


[02:35:35] What’s the Kaminski Archery Backyard Championship, and
why should you get involved?


[02:40:30] How can you (and why should you) get started with
archery today?


[02:42:48] Parting thoughts.


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