I've had that happen before but with the left orbit where the ball didn't eject or go into ball search, not sure what caused that but it hasn't happened since. Also had the issue where I couldn't enter tournament mode and it turned out to be a loose wire at the top left kicking target, re-soldered and it fixed the problem.

The Glidercraft mode is awarded automatically at the start of the third ball if you didn't activate it during the first two balls.