Why isn't this ball throw script working?

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I have a tool in replicatedstorage that goes in the player’s backpack when they purchase the item and 2 scripts that are supposed to make the ball throw when the player clicks but they dont work.
Screen Shot 2021-06-28 at 11.52.44 AM This is the ball tool in replicatedstorage

This is the localscript inside:

local mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent

local tool = script.Parent

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	remote:FireServer(mouse.Hit.p) 
end)

and this is the server script in serverscriptservice

local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent

remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, mouse)
	if not player.Character:FindFirstChild("Beach Ball") then return end

	local BeachBall = game.ReplicatedStorage["Beach Ball"]:Clone()
	BeachBall.Parent = workspace
    BeachBall.Position = player.Character["Beach Ball"].Handle.Position
	BeachBall.Velocity = (player.Character.Head.Position - mouse).LookVector * 350

	game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(BeachBall, 10)
end)

Can someone help with this?

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Have you tried debugging your code with print() statements or breakpoints to make sure it is all running when you click your mouse? Also your math seems a bit off, try something like (position1-position2).Unit*350. This is basically getting the directional vector between two positions (your character and your mouse), and normalizing it (making the vector have a magnitude of 1), and then changing the vectors magnitude to whatever you desire (350 in this case)

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local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent

remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, mouse)
	if not player.Character:FindFirstChild("Beach Ball") then return end

	local BeachBall = game.ReplicatedStorage["Beach Ball"]:Clone()
	BeachBall.Parent = workspace
    BeachBall.Position = player.Character["Beach Ball"].Handle.Position
	BeachBall.Velocity = (mouse - player.Character.Head.Position).unit * 350

	game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(BeachBall, 10)
end)

Use Unit instead, i already put that.
Explanation of Unit: Subtract from end position (mouse.Hit.p), start position (Head.Position), and then put .unit which will return vector3 direction, multiply it by 350 (or anything) and it should work. Try script i re-wrote. Let me know if it works

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I tried it but no it still doesn’t work

5

Is there any errors in your output?

6

Does it shoot? can you send a video?

8

There is nothing in my output concerning the beach ball.

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ill try but it says that it (the file) is too big but ill see also there’s nothing really to show I just click and it doesn’t shoot or anything