How do I make a part move along a ray cast

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1

I want to make a “ball” to kick and I’ve made the raycast, issue is I don’t know how to make the ball itself move along the raycast. Maybe I shouldn’t use a raycast for this but it just seems so convenient.
So, how do I make the ball move along the raycast.

local conn
local debonce = false
local tool = script.Parent
local request = tool:WaitForChild("Request")
local send = tool:WaitForChild("Send")
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if debonce == true then 
	else
		debonce = true
		local char = script.Parent.Parent
		local hitbox = char:WaitForChild("Hitbox")
		conn = hitbox.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
			conn:Disconnect()	
			if hit.Name == "Ball" then
				print("balls")
				request:FireClient(game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char))
				send.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(pos)
					local start = char["Right Leg"]
					local goal = Vector3.new(pos)
					local direction = (goal - start.Position).Unit
					local result = workspace:Raycast(start.Position, direction * 100)
					print(result)
					print(pos)
					print(pos)
					hit.AssemblyLinearVelocity(result)
				end)
			end
		end)
		task.wait(2)
		debonce = false
	end

end)
2

raycast is simply line between two points, using lerping can help you

if you don’t know linear interpolation looks like this:

local function LERP(current, goal, percent)
    return current + (goal - current) * percent
end
3

i mean you cooould just raycast and make the ball move to the raycast position PLUS the raycast’s normal but i wouldnt recommend it because raycasts return nil if it doesnt hit anything. (although, if it returns nil, you can just move it to the direction of the ray and simply ignore the normal)

edit: also i should mention that you should multiply the normal of the ray by half the ball’s size so that it doesnt clip inside the surfaces.

also if rays arent reliable for you i would just recommend you use lerping, like the previous forummer said.