I figure this has to be a noob question but I cant get around a certain problem, and the tutorials I have found dont seem to cover this. 

What I'm trying to do is animate a short scene with breaks in the animation sequence.  For example  a ball hovering in the center of the screen for a few seconds, then floating up and hovering again, then rolling off screen.  When I attempt to set up the key frames for this it doesnt leave the ball hovering at any position.  The ball just runs through all the positions without stopping, then rolls off the screen.  It's like it only recognizes the first and last keyframe.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Rad