Many say that when you swing, imagine swinging through the ball, with the ball being in your way instead of striking at the ball. As a police officer, when shooting, you shoot worse when anticipating the trigger pull, instead of pulling the trigger and letting it surprise you when it fires. Same concept?
Lets say you practice your swing with no ball on the ground/tee, then let's say someone puts the ball in front of you when you swing, do you think you'll strike the ball better? Obviously you have a specific aim point down when swinging, so you're on target.
Point I'm trying to get is, if you imagine just swinging away instead of worrying about the strike, will you make better contact?