This is my overall plan for my bouncing ball animation, the ball will gain height from bouncing a few times, then change course landing on the 1st step and do the same again except the ball will use its tail to roll onto the next step, it will see the height and then continue in the same pattern as the 1st bounce from the starting point and will hop slightly to gain balance on the highest point looking over to estimate and plan its next bouncing then bouncing only once off each step on the way down, rolling on the final landing point...my aim is maintain some fluidity of the tail.