Character kicking the ball

[milindw2]

I am working on a React-three-fiber project in which I am trying to create a football player who can kick the ball, I am able to achieve the physical property of the ball like its mass and gravity acted upon it, but stuck to accomplish the same with character. The character can kick at this movement, but the kick goes through the ball. can you help to achieve the character should kick the ball and the ball can move?

the project link is https://3d-football-game.vercel.app/ [Instruction: you can use the 'p' key to kick the ball and drag the ball with the mouse.]

The GitHub link is Github