Skill Issue (DAYO!)

This happens to me OFTEN. Each time I do it correctly it feels like a magic trick like, "OH! I did it right!". Then I have to remember that I need to make a shot soon afterward. That is, if I can't catch it on the other flipper so I can have a chance to THINK. Either that or the flipper doesn't move AT ALL, and the ball just drains. Or, I have to desperately flip the ball away in a late attempt to save myself.