At Tarun Sardesai Golf (TSG), preparation, discipline, and a transparent process are more critical components of great golf than just skill. Through organized routines and our 1s & 0s method, TSG is focusing on helping players enhance their mental game and performance as the 2025 competitive season begins. Prithviram, Head Coach at TSG Academy made it clear at his recent player meeting that this year’s objective is to become more robust, self-assured, and reliable golfers by emphasizing process over result.
This blog will discuss the importance of process-building in TSG’s philosophy, the value of routines, and how our 1s & 0s monitoring system supports this process.
Routines produce Stability
They help you get into the same focused, prepared condition each time you tee up by lowering uncertainty both before and throughout a round. Your performance depends more on activities you can repeat and trust when following a good procedure than it does on how you’re feeling on any given day.
The Core routines TSG athletes are expected to build
At TSG, we help our players develop and stick to essential routines that support peak performance:
- The warm-up process: Warming up helps you prepare both emotionally and physically, prevent injuries, and relax your body. You will not be permitted to play at TSG if you do not participate in the required pre-tournament warm-up sessions.
- Practice regimen: Effective practice involves more than just hitting the ball. To develop technique and flexibility, the program is structured, progressing from putting to chipping to the long game and combining block and random exercises.
- The pre-game routine guarantees that you begin your round in the proper state of mind and body. It includes information on when you will eat, what you will eat, when you will arrive, and how you will warm up. To prevent you from feeling hurried or anxious right away, we at TSG place a strong emphasis on being punctual and following this strategy.
- Post-game routine: While your round is still fresh, review your 1s and 0s, record your misses, and create a practice schedule for the following day. Combine this with recuperation exercises (such as ice baths or pool sessions), a cool-down, and regular bedtime.
- Recovery schedule: How you rest and recuperate from the conclusion of the competition to your subsequent session is essential. Since recovery lays the groundwork for your next performance, TSG treats it with the same care as practice.
- Mental routine: Your mental routine helps you stay focused and upbeat, whether it’s through mindful breathing, visualization, or resetting in between shots.
- Pre-shot and post-shot routines: Pre-shot routines assist you in getting ready for action, while post-shot routines allow you to digest the outcome, regroup, and let go of your feelings.
Why Process and Routine matter at TSG
The weather, the state of the course, and your opponents are just a few of the uncontrollable variables that might affect your results in the game of golf. At TSG, we, therefore, concentrate on the things you can control: your planning, your choices, and your performance. This way of thinking benefits athletes:
- Stay calm and focused under pressure
- Minimize the mental impact of mistakes
- Build consistency in both practice and play
The 1s & 0s Process: A key part of the TSG way
TSG utilizes the 1s & 0s procedure to hold players accountable for their routines and assist them in developing better habits under pressure. With each shot, this system measures not only your score but also how well you execute your process.
What gives you a 1 is as follows:
- Make the shot yours: Don’t change your mind about the ball once you’ve chosen your club and made your plan. If uncertainty arises, take a step back and start over. Committing to the shot/trajectory or a draw or a fade is what the first initial step is all about.
- The Pre-Shot Routine: For every shot or putt, follow your pre-shot procedure exactly.
- Absence of response upon contact: As soon as the ball exits the clubface, remain composed—no wince, no outward signs of annoyance—just calmness.
- Good finish: Regardless of the outcome, project a positive body image. To maintain your composure for the next shot, remain composed and self-assured, even if the previous one didn’t go as intended.
If you miss any of these four steps on a shot, it’s a 0. The goal is to accumulate as many 1s as possible in every round, shifting your focus away from the score and toward controlling the controllable.
How TSG uses 1s & 0s data to help you improve
The way we seal the feedback loop is what distinguishes the TSG process from other golf academies in the country.
- Players must keep track of their 1s and 0s on the course, preferably using a notebook during the round or right after every hole.
- Enter their information into the TSG tournament interface. You cannot move on to the following round if you don’t complete this.
The TSG coaching team can use this data to:
- Find the point at which a process breaks down (for example, too many 0s on approach shots)—having trouble committing to putts?
- Create customized plans to improve areas of weakness.
- Help you maintain your mental toughness in times of duress.
Players are held accountable by the system, which also helps them manage their anxiety and concentrate on constructive, manageable actions rather than merely focusing on the final score.
Why TSG’s process-building works
When you embrace the TSG process, you:
- Get better at concentrating on the current stroke rather than worrying about your final score.
- Lower the anxiety that frequently causes unsatisfactory swings
- Develop the mental toughness to remain optimistic despite failures.
- Get your rounds moving in a favorable direction by approaching each shot in the same manner.
Have you ever noticed how, after a bad first round in a tournament, players often have nothing to lose and perform very well the next day? This is because they take focus away from outcomes, and TSG helps you cultivate this mindset from the beginning.
What TSG aspires for in 2025!
This year at TSG, our mission is to make you mentally stronger through structured processes and data-driven feedback. By focusing on routines and 1s & 0s tracking are all concentrated towards:
- Building better habits
- Performing more confidently in pressure situations
- Witnessing improved consistency round after round
Your job: Take your routines seriously, commit fully to the 1s & 0s process, and trust that focusing on the process will lead to the results you want. As Prithviram said: “Consistent routines create great athletes.”
Let’s make 2025 the year we prove it – one committed shot at a time.
Happy Golfing!
