Keeping Your Eye on the Ball in Table Tennis/Ping-Pong

Peripheral Vision is Still Important

You should still be using your peripheral vision when hitting the ball. Just make sure that you are using it to get an idea of where your opponent is moving to and where he may be vulnerable. Your peripheral vision should be much better at locating a far away slow moving large opponent in relation to a static table tennis table, than it is at tracking a close up fast moving table tennis ball in relation to yourself, who will probably also be moving.