Season 1 - Ep 13 - Athlete's Grit with Yip Ren Kai

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Athlete's Grit: From Sports to Life

Alex Loh

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This is a podcast interview series where I speak to current and ex high performance athletes in Singapore on their sport, and how the skills learnt, acquired and trained in competitive sport, have translated into their professional and personal life. I hope that their true stories of grit in overcoming adversity, will inspire and motivate others. Hearing stories of local athletes' journeys closer to home, helps us relate better, and makes each story even more meaningful. More about Alex Loh --> https://linktr.ee/alexlohsengyue

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Season 1 - Ep 13 - Athlete's Grit with Yip Ren Kai

Athlete's Grit: From Sports to Life

53 minutes 54 seconds

4 years ago

Season 1 - Ep 13 - Athlete's Grit with Yip Ren Kai

My guest today is Yip Ren Kai, ex-National Water Polo Vice-Captain and multiple SEA Games Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Grassroots Contributor.

One of the best centreback specialist and all-rounded player I have ever known. I knew Ren Kai since he was a young player and he donned National Colours only after I retired from the sport. But very privileged to have played with him in many other competitions as a teammate and also against him as a competitor. A great leader and highly respected, in and outside of the pool.

I hope you enjoy the session as much as I did.

Timestamp:

0.30 Renkai introduces himself and his businesses
3.00 2009 was his last SEA Games
4.45 Contributing back to the sports industry
5.30 Was being involved in work that involved sports something he always knew he wanted to do?
7.30 Signing up for the organizing committee for the Youth Olympics Games (YOG) 2010
8.00 Sports brings everyone together
9.00 Reason for retirement
10.00 Stepping aside to let the younger ones take it further
10.30 How do you know that you’re at your peak?
11.30 Be a contributor and not a liability
13.00 Setting goals for sport are the same as setting goals for work
14.00 Moving on too next phase of life for the shift in priorities
17.00 Most memorable highs in Water Polo career
21.00 What were the sort of emotions that came out of that?
23.45 Water Polo was the bond and nationalities and medal colour didn’t matter
25.25 Making rivals in the pool but becoming buddies outside of it
28.00 Most difficult period in Water Polo
30.55 Lowest points in life in sport happened at the young age of 13
32.45 Bouncing back after 12 months of preparation work
34.30 Visualisation on risk management of multiple scenarios used outside of Water Polo
36.40 How high performance sport has influenced his professional and personal life currently?
37.00 Learning to work with different personalities
38.18 Goalsetting and time management
39.00 Task oriented and setting priorities for maximum productivity
41.20 Complimenting business partner with different skillsets
44.00 What would he tell his younger self