Wouldn't it be more fun if you change the question slightly so that we can't copy/paste them in google and find the answer?
I knew paddle and lace were distraction and thought the bottle was empty as nothing was said about it. So I was going to suggest squeezing the bottle real hard and then covering the lip of the pipe with bottle's top (since it doesn't fit, it won't go in) then release the bottle slightly so that a suction is created. This will then suck the ball up, whoala.

Then, I copy pasted the question and found the answer.