pretend there is no ball there like when you do your practise swing. it will take a lil time to get your mind over, but if you look at it like just swinging like in practise you will start hitting the ball better.

you can then start focussing on tempo, rythm and distance you want to hit the ball..

guarantee in 4 weeks you will be using an 8i to hit the distance of a 7i.

good luck.