If the ball is still hooking when it hits the pocket, you will end up with the solid 10, 9, 8, or 7 depending on what board the ball is on when it hits the pins.
To fix this there are several adjustments that might work,
1. move inside 2 boards and take some speed off to give the ball more time to burn up
2. Use a ball with a little more surface friction to get it to burn a little earlier.
3. Take a little side rotation off the ball, by putting less pressure on your index finger and put more presure on the middle or ring finger.
4. Stay where you are and slow the ball down and use a weaker release.
5. Try your luck on a different line, maybe with a different ball.
If the 6 is laying dead in the gutter, then the ball is burning too much energy too soon. If this is the case you could:
1. Change to a lower friction ball. A lower friction ball will lose less energy going down the lane and out hook the higher friction ball when the oil is drying up.
2. Move in and get more oil under the ball and get around the side of the ball a bit more, you might have to slow the ball down a bit to help in recovering if there is a hang spot to the inside of where you are playing.
3. Stay where you are with the same ball and just put more speed on the ball by raising it up in your stance and moving back as far as you raised it to keep your timing consistent.
4. Stay where you are and use a weaker release if speed control, and equipment are not part of your tools.
