Don't wait for the ball and then turn, you just made yourself late from ball one forward. Get a good pull behind
the boat and make a faster edge change coming into 1 and don't head-hunt it, instead, as you see it coming towards you, lift your view and look at ball 3. By doing this, you will not focus so much on the buoy you are turning at, but rather the buoy line itself and you will turn at ball 1 instead of past it.