"The idea is that with modern balls, the more you try to "make" the ball hook, the less it hooks."
Hmmm, I'm not exactly sure on how I want to word this, I might be rambling whatever but...
To me this should read: The idea is that with modern balls,The more you try to make the ball hook, the more erratic you make it's reaction to the conditions.
Yes, you can ""make"" balls hook, That was the whole idea behind the old "putting lift on a ball" or "Hitting up" on it. To (by how you released it) "make" those old balls with no high tech cores to assist them have a "hook" or more of one to gain more entry angle downlane.
The thing with modern bowling balls is you don't have to give them that extra help anymore, aka "make them" hook, the cores, coverstocks etc. are doing that for you. You just have to get the process started.
If you do try and "make" modern balls hook, what happens is usually you make it over react to the conditions, which causes control problems for you.
Now there are some who "try and make the ball hook" and it hooks less.
But that's because the way their trying to do it, doesn't put anything on the ball to begin with. Example would be the player you see that makes a odd looking looping swing around their body and it looks like their trying to curve or steer the ball down the lane. With the result being their ball basically does nothing going down the lane.
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