This is an awesome point! One of the things that I do when the bar keeps going to my partner is expecting that each hit he’s going to come to me. When I expect each hit come to me I am typically ready. Usually when I’m thinking about is if the box comes to me where is it going to be so then I am ready for it. What do you others do?
In this situation I like to envision the opponent hitting it to me and thinking through where I would hit it, that way when they do I already know where I want to place it rather than trying to make a split second decision