Sorry but I don't see how this can help. The behavour of the ball should be completely seperate from that of the player.
The problem here is that both objects (player and ball) can't be in the same room without acting strange (there's nothing programmed of any interaction yet, I just created a player (platform behavour) and a ball (physics). can't those behavours be in the same room without acting strange and influencing each other without intended to?