okay, maybe im stoopid. i have some newer schwinn floor pump. every once and a while it gets stuck to the setting where air is only coming out of the valve that would inflate a football. this has happened to me before and somehow i was able to fix it but i now dont remember at all. its also happened before to me on similar pumps. am i missing something?

yes, yes you are.

It's stuck on the ball inflator needle setting? Just get a ball inflator needle to presta converter.