So i'm very flexable. What i think is funny is when i do splits in front of people. They always go oh my god doesn't that hurt, or ouch. My team mates usually yell at me to stop it. I play soccer for three seasons ok and i'm a goalie for every season. You need something to get you down to the ground fast enough when gravity doesn't want you to fall fast enough. My friends brother came to our game yesterday and my sister sat next to him becuse they haven't seen each other in a while even though they go to the same college. So during the game i did a split to stop a ball and he told my sister that if he did that he would need a strecher and an ambulance then it would be the end of his soccer career. It doesn't hurt at all actually. Well it doesn't hurt me, I pop right back up when i do one. If you have never done a split before i would advise you not to do it unless you do a lot of streching and are stupid enough to try it. BUt if you want to give it a try i'm not stopping you.