spatial anticipation

spa·tial an·ti·ci·pa·tion

(spā'shăl ăn-tis'i-pā'shŭn) Ability to predict what will happen in the environment within a performance situation, which allows the individual to organize movements in advance and to initiate the appropriate response more quickly (e.g., anticipating that one's tennis opponent is about to hit a smash to the right).