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The Tim Ferriss Show

#811: 2x Olympic Archery Medalist Jake Kaminski — Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Coaching Tim, What Archery Teaches About High Performance, and Excellence Under Pressure

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 170 minutes

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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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0:00.0

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss. Welcome to another episode of the

0:04.2

Tim Ferriss show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers, to tease out how they do

0:09.4

what they do, the routines, the belief structures, the training programs that you can apply to your

0:14.8

own life. And I say training programs because my guest today is one of the best teachers

0:18.7

and trainers I have found in the last several years

0:23.3

in any discipline whatsoever. His name is Jake Kaminsky. Jake Kaminsky is a two-time

0:28.9

Olympic silver medalist in archery and a longtime member of the U.S. archery team with more

0:33.9

than a decade of international competition experience. He is very well known for his

0:38.8

technical precision. He is meticulous with gear and tuning, also with biomechanics, his deep

0:46.5

knowledge of the sport. And with all of that, Jake helped lead the U.S. to Team Silver medals at

0:51.0

both the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Since retiring from Olympic

0:57.3

competition, Jake has become a leading voice in the archery world through content creation,

1:01.9

product innovation, and educational events. He runs a successful YouTube channel, which is kind of

1:06.8

the de facto archery technical channel. People from all over the world, I've seen this over and over

1:12.6

again. He is like the Taylor Swift meets, you name it, Brad Pitt of the archery world when I've gone

1:20.2

to events with him because he was my coach and is my coach in archery. I had my first competition

1:26.4

end of January. We'll talk about that.

1:29.1

So he, in addition to that, writes training guides and develops high performance gear,

1:33.9

which he manufactures in Austria. It is as precise as you expect Jake Kaminsky to be under the

1:41.8

Kaminsky Archery brand. You can find him on YouTube, Jake Kaminsky, at Jake Kaminsky to be under the Kaminsky Archery brand. You can find him on YouTube,

1:45.8

Jake Kaminsky, at Jake Kaminsky Archery. Kaminsky is K-A-M-I-N-S-K-K-K-I. Website, Jakecom

1:53.2

and on Instagram and Facebook, Jake underscore Kaminsky on Instagram, Facebook, Kaminsky, Jake.

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