The left four engines pulled the Old Dog around in a clockwise spin.
The ball will curve to the right if the pitcher throws it with a clockwise spin, and to the left if the spin is counterclockwise.
He made his cut in front of Deion Sanders, the all-America cornerback, made a clockwise spin, and powered across the goal line.
If this supinated position is maintained through the release, the fingers will naturally cut down the side of the ball and produce a clockwise spin.
The ball will then be release with a horizontal side spin instead of the orthodox clockwise spin that the stock delivery is released with.
Slightly altered versions of the image exist in which an additional visual cue facilitates the perception of counterclockwise spin and clockwise spin.
As he raced down the field, his final move was a clockwise spin at about the 3-yard line.
While the Overhand is thrown with counter-clockwise spin (for right-handers), the duck is thrown with clockwise spin.
It seemed beyond coincidence, even down to the clockwise spin of the molecular spiral.
With the flying saucer ball, as Swann calls it, he bends his wrist back and so the seam spins with clockwise spin horizontally.