Fail Friday Follies: When cheerleading stunts stink, flips flop and splits go splat

When cheerleaders are in sync the results can be spectacular, as evidenced yearly at the ICU World Cheerleading Championships. But when things get out of whack, the results can be downright cringeworthy.

Try not to laugh as you watch the above compilation covering every type of cheerleader fail — from flips that flopped to stunts that stunk.

Almost every cheerleading move has the potential to go wrong — especially the more acrobatic stunts — and when cheerleaders are linked in a group, the whole structure can come tumbling down.

Still haven’t gotten your fill of bungled cheers? Here’s five more minutes of people in matching outfits throwing each other every which way but loose.