There are different ways of predicting. There is a series of research on catching fly-balls that claims there is no prediction in the sense of "estimate/predict end position, move to estimated position"; instead there is an ongoing process of "maintaining the visually perceived velocity of the ball". You end up catching the ball just the same.
http://www.mindreadings.com/OpticalTrajRM.pdf
http://www.mindreadings.com/ControlDemo/CatchXY.html