Teaching pitchers and catchers to see the dot (axis) is a high priority for us. When they both see the spin, they can work together to make adjustments and improve the spin.
Bulletspin finally recognized
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In baseball, you can alternate a 2 seam or 4 seam grip (rotate the seams straight or across) to show either a red dot, or a red circle. It's easy to see when you catch it..
I had my pitcher son practice it each way, and I suggested to him that if he threw the same curve/slider back to back, he should alternate the seams.
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As I have been commenting yes I see Spin and read the spin. And along with that I see where the axis point is because I'm seeing the angle of the spin. * for me the axis point has never appeared as a different color!
Being that the axis of the spin is not always visible to the batter I'm always looking at that spin. The whole ball moving!
*Agree reading the spin and seeing the angle of the axis is really important! I teach it as well.
Pitch different spins to the catchers not only for framing and receiving pitches but also in the dirt because of how the ball reacts differently.
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Thank you for posting that picture. Perhaps because a softball does not have greatly different colored seams on it like the baseball does that the baseball is giving the benefit of having red seams to create a colored Dot. ?
Don't know.just know that I've never seen a different color dot on a softball whether it be white black red.
But I can always see the spin.
LOL for me the dot is the entire ball!
? RIP IT!
Good chat folks!
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Bullet spin does not create movement. Yawed bullet spin does. Bullet spin that is not in line with the direction of movement will cause movement toward the seams. I wish someone here would make a bullseye ball so you can see what's actually happening.
a young man who is learning my slow pitch slider claims he is getting a drop ball instead which means he is orienting the seams straight ahead but angled down. I've been trying it myself but I haven't figured out how to get it aimed down yet. Plus, in practice, I can't see anything like I can with the right-to-left movement of my slider. I suppose my catcher will be able to tell better than I can. But first I have to figure out how to get it oriented correctly.
a young man who is learning my slow pitch slider claims he is getting a drop ball instead which means he is orienting the seams straight ahead but angled down. I've been trying it myself but I haven't figured out how to get it aimed down yet. Plus, in practice, I can't see anything like I can with the right-to-left movement of my slider. I suppose my catcher will be able to tell better than I can. But first I have to figure out how to get it oriented correctly.
here's the grip i use to get left to right movement. I circle the backside bullseye rather than the frontside. Of course, I use HE and not IR. [I'm starting to learn some of these terms.] 
...ohh ohh that post might bring out the IR Stormtroopers
