SPORTS
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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON KANSAS
》'HORN BORN, 'HAWK BRED
Wright's skills go beyond court
Only a few hours after Saturday 68-38 victory against Toko, those who know John Wright best knew exactly where to find the sophomore forward; at lawdoy.
With his long arm swing, Wright has no trouble getting power behind a bowling ball making a striking. It's his spare shooting that's the problem.
"I usually get at least three strikes a game," he said, "but if I make my spares, my average is 96.5."
As it is, Wright averages about 155 with a high game of 201, which came after the Toledo game. That’s pretty amazing considering he only scored once in the game but was only bowling seriously since last spring.
"I haven't ever taken a class," Wright said. "I don't know the technique."
So how does he improve without tutelage?
Wright is a competitor who knows what success looks like – in any sport. He feeds off his instincts.
Wright repeats the same motion time after time despite his unconventional style. He calls it "reverse spin". In other words, he throws the ball with his right hand but attacks the pins from left to right; the opposite approach from most right-handed bowlers.
"I started getting strikes so I stuck with it, he said
He said he planned to bowl professionally after his basketball career was over. But for now, whenever he finds an hour and a half or so of practice, he returns home to the location He likes the location — the first floor of the Kan
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
KANSAN.SPORTS COLUMNIST
TROBINETT@KANSAN.COM
sus Union — because not too many people know
it. Sometimes, he and a lay employment
manager meet.
Ideally, Wright said that he liked to bowl at least 10 games. But sometimes he stays for up to 25, the bowling equivalent of a marathon. He has done well in most competitions, embraces the sport as much as anyone who is.
So why bowling? Wright could probably be a star at any sport. But unlike most other sports, he didn't play basketball.
"I wanted to develop my skills in a sport I know I can get better at my whole life. Wright said, "It's a sport I feel will always be there." He added, "I have not worried about worrying about it ever ending like basketball."
Wright knows how good he could be. His goal is to focus on his spares, cross the right arrow on his strikes and keep improving. He's not even close to satisfied with his 155 average.
"It should be 165," he said. "Give it a week and it will be 165."
Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior in journalism.
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