Yes, I mean this.
Only an idea:
Create an other Object and let it move to the same direction as the ball.
but with much more speed. Then you have to make the gravity proportional to the speed. Example:
The ball is moving with speed 5 and has a gravity of 0.4, the object could move with speed 50, then is it's gravity 4.
With this trick the Object is much earlier at the same position like the ball later. Now you only must move the player to this position.

Or you try to get the ball to the playerposition. But I don't know how...

I haven't tested it, but I think it will be run.