Rigidbody addforce not working

Hi, I'm having an issue with the following code. I'm basically trying to make an AI, using 3 different actions chosen by random. The problem is that inside AIStriker(), within each case, only the animation will play, there isn't any force applied to the ball rigidbody.

Note: goalTech.turn is a reference to an if statement in another script, it is set to 1 for testing purposes.

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class kickTheBall : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public Rigidbody ballRB;            //reference to rigidbody of soccer ball
     public Animator strikerAnim;        //reference to animator of striker (ybot)
     public goalLineTechnology goalTech; //reference to goallineTechnology script
 
     //public SwipeDetector swipe;       // reference to SwipeDector script (computes screen swipe and determines direction)
     
     public float shotPower;             // amount of force put on the soccer ball
     private Vector3 strikerPos;         // saves the position of the striker
 
 
 
     private void Awake()
     {
         SwipeDetector.OnSwipe += SwipeDetector_OnSwipe;         // call to the SwipeDetector script
     }
 
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         ballRB = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
         strikerAnim = GetComponent<Animator>();
         strikerPos = transform.position;  //store the initial position of the striker
         if (goalTech.turn == 1)
             AIStriker();
 
 
     }
 
 
 
     private void SwipeDetector_OnSwipe(SwipeData data)         //reference the direction of the swipe determined by the SwipeDetector script
     {
         //x and y repesent force to be added in the x, y axes.
         float x = (data.EndPosition.x - data.StartPosition.x) /  34f;
         float y = (data.EndPosition.y - data.StartPosition.y) /  34f;
 
 
         {
 
             Debug.Log("Swipe in Direction: " + data.Direction);
             if (data.Direction == SwipeDirection.Up)
             {
                 strikerAnim.Play("kick soccerball");
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(x, y, 15)) * shotPower);
             }
             if (data.Direction == SwipeDirection.Right)
             {
                 strikerAnim.Play("soccer penalty kick");
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(x, 10, 15)) * shotPower);
             }
             if (data.Direction == SwipeDirection.Left)
             {
                 strikerAnim.Play("soccer penalty kick 0");
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(x, 10, 15)) * shotPower);
             }
             else
             {
                 //Down swipe    
             }
 
         }
     }
 
     
     
      void AIStriker()
     {
         //check if the ball is kicked so that we can play the animation
             
             int num = (int)Random.Range(1f, 3f); //generate a random number within 1 to 3
         switch (num)
         {
             case 1:
                 strikerAnim.Play("soccer penalty kick");    // AI controlled player takes a strike, aims right
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(15, 10, 15)) * shotPower);
                 break;
             case 2:
                 strikerAnim.Play("soccer penalty kick 0");  // AI controlled player takes a strike, aims left
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(-15, 10, 15)) * shotPower);
                 break;
             case 3:
                 strikerAnim.Play("kick soccerball");        // AI controlled player takes a strike, aims up
                 ballRB.AddForce((new Vector3(10, 12, 15)) * shotPower);
                 break;
         }
     }
 
     
 }