Why does this only work when parented to the character?

Projectile SERVERSCRIPT

game.ReplicatedStorage.Light.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, keyheld, debounce, mousepos)
    print(keyheld)
    if keyheld == true then
        local light = game.ReplicatedStorage.LightPart1:Clone()
        light.Parent = workspace
        light.CFrame = player.Character.RightFoot.CFrame
        local weld = Instance.new("Weld")
        weld.Parent = light
        weld.Part0 = light
        weld.C0 = light.CFrame:Inverse()
        weld.Part1 = player.Character.RightFoot
        weld.C1 = player.Character.RightFoot.CFrame:Inverse()
    end
    if not keyheld then
        if game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("LightPart1") then
            game.Workspace.LightPart1:Destroy()
            local ball = game.ReplicatedStorage.LightBall:Clone()
            ball.Parent = player.Character
            ball.CFrame = player.Character.RightFoot.CFrame
            local bv = Instance.new("BodyVelocity")
            bv.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge,math.huge,math.huge)
            bv.Velocity = mousepos.lookVector*90
            bv.Parent = ball
        end
    end
end)

Projectile Hit Detection LOCALSCRIPT

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    print("Hit1")
    local ehum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") or hit.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    local debounce = false
    if ehum and ehum ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid and debounce == false then
        game.ReplicatedStorage.Hit:FireServer(ehum)
    end
    if not ehum and debounce == false then
        game.ReplicatedStorage.Hit:FireServer(hit)
    end
end)

The entire thing works fine if I parent the "Ball" projectile to the Character Model, but it doesn't work when its parented anywhere else even though I'd much prefer it to be parented in workspace.