I did gymnastics as a child and I have several friends who continue to be involved in cheerleading as we are in college. This is NOT common at all. We had a device that let us do all the work and marked progress as we went towards the splits. Sure the coaches would encourage us to push ourselves, but we were never EVER forced into the splits, especially if we were in pain. If we showed any signs of pain they stopped us because that's how injuries happen (if you look further into this, the girl in the video has suffered from torn ligaments due to this CRUEL practice.) And then to just toss her on the ground afterwards, this is straight up abuse and that man deserves to go to jail for putting not just one but eight separate girls through this!!!