I'm not an expert on these things but i'll try to help and i can give some suggestions that might help fix this if its not a ghost problem
1. Get optifine it will allow much smoother gameplay and is overall amazing will help out if it is lag issues
2. Put down your render distance, graphics and everything so u get smoother gameplay
3. Update mc, simple yet usually does solve the problem
See if any of the above help u out, i recomend optifine as it will allow smoother gamplay if it is due to lag issues