6 and 9 are clockwise. but the rest of it is annticlockwise. The reason the alphabet is anticlockwise is because it flows easier when writing in "running writing".
Easy Peasy.
I don't get how it is meant to be hard??? The number six is written in the same clockwise fashion as the foot. Just to see if it made a difference I also draw the number in the anti-clockwise direction, but still no problem.