Help with finding the cause of the error in my script

[real thistle]

everytime I run this code I keep receiving multiple errors stating: 11:35:15.319 Workspace.InstanceDDelete:42: attempt to index nil with 'leaderstats' - Server

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local folder = Instance.new("Folder")
folder.Name = "leaderstats"
folder.Parent = player
local value = Instance.new("IntValue")
value.Name = "Gold"
value.Parent = folder
value.Value = 0
end)

local mg = workspace:WaitForChild("Maingame")
local Coins = mg:WaitForChild("Coins")

local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")

local ball = Instance.new("Part")
ball.Anchored = false
ball.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
ball.TopSurface = Enum.SurfaceType.Smooth
ball.BottomSurface = Enum.SurfaceType.Smooth
ball.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)

local RNG = Random.new()
local MAX_VELOCITY = 10

while true do
local newBall = ball:Clone()
newBall.BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
newBall.CFrame = CFrame.new(0, 30, 0)
newBall.Velocity =
Vector3.new(RNG:NextNumber(-MAX_VELOCITY, MAX_VELOCITY), 0, RNG:NextNumber(-MAX_VELOCITY, MAX_VELOCITY))
newBall.Parent = game.Workspace
Debris:AddItem(newBall, 2)

task.wait(0.01)
        
    newBall.Touched:Connect(function(otherpart)
        local humanoid = otherpart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")        
        local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherpart.Parent)                
        local rm = math.random(1, 10)
        player.leaderstats.Gold.Value += rm        
end)    

end

[dusty nebula]

check if it's a player or not

[nimble sinew]

Ok let's do some thinking here

"Attempt to index nil with leaderstats"

What does that tell you?

Leaderstats either doesn't exist or cannot be indexed, therefore cannot be deleted.

Try doing lua if not player:IsA("Player") then return end
to check if you're actually getting a player!

[real thistle]

it still wont work

[vapid remnant]

** You are now Level 3! **

[crisp cradle]

you're missing an if statement. this is returning nil local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherpart.Parent). just check if this is nil in an if statement. how is it nil? maybe the ball touched the baseplate or something like that, which is definitely not a player. simple

[real thistle]

ohh I unddedrstand now

the balls that was being generated was touching a part the I coded only to check for a humanoid