Hey guys and gals, i am very new to maya but this site does help alot
Ive been doing a tutorial on animating a seal bounce a ball on his head and have been doing relatively ok untill now. Im stuck on the stupidist thing. I have my seal built and have just added IK handles to the flippers and an IK spline. All i want to do is key it so they flippers stay stationary on the ground when i move the spline - but it doesnt seem to matter what i do because they just follow the rest of the skeleton.
I know this is such a silly random problem but it is driving me insane. Please help me if you can

Thank you

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