Don't re-grip or rotate when looking for your cross edges. Do B moves as B moves and not U moves, things like that. With more practice, you will become more conscious of where pieces are around the cube. Just keep practicing, I know people hate to hear that but it really is true.
Also, don't worry about fancy cross edge tricks, I literally do not use any of them, and I do a lot of F and B moves in my solves.