When done right, sports represent the pinnacle of human grace, strength and coordination. Other times, not so much.
For every amazing goal, dunk or home run, there's a shot to the nuts, botched play or a moment of ineptitude. But sometimes — just sometimes — the most fantastic fails win out for their LOLs alone.
Thankfully, many of the funniest sports fails are immortalized on YouTube for infinite watching, re-watching and sharing around the social web.
We culled YouTube to pick 25 of our favorites. We've got basketball, soccer, football, hockey, golf, boogie boarding, weightlifting, diving and track and field all represented. The lesson? Funny fails come in all forms. But enough preamble. Click through gallery above to see our list of awesomely bad sports gaffes. But make sure you're in a safe place, since you'll surely be laughing out loud. In the comments, share your own picks with us — what are some of the funniest sports fails not included here? 1. Piggyback Ride Fail What begins as an innocent enough piggyback ride atop a fuzzy mascot turns into a pretty epic collision — and YouTube gold. 2. Penalty Kick Fail Watch out for the ricochet, goalie! This kid gets it in the right in the chops. 3. Flopping Fail In sports, to "flop" is to exaggerate the force of contact in hopes of drawing a favorable call from officials. But you've got to time it much, much better than this guy does. 4. Weightlifting Fail Not saying we could successfully lift 432 pounds above our heads, but dang, that looks painful. German weightlifter Matthias Steiner dropped this massive barbell on his neck during the London Olympics this summer, but escaped serious injury. 5. Trampoline Dunk Fail Sometimes, when you fail, you actually win. 6. Hurdling Fail Why jump over hurdles when you could just RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM? File under: Never, Ever Gets Old. 7. Paying Attention Fail After what could best be described as an "optimistic" shot attempt in a game last season, NBA center JaVale McGee showed some nice hustle getting back on defense. Only problem? His team still had the ball. 8. Judgment Fail But that wasn't McGee's only legendary moment. Here, he shows why it's not a good idea to try dunking from the free throw line mid-game. 9. Olympic Promo Fail For some reason, London's Olympic promotions this summer involved hanging Mayor Boris Johnson on a zipline while waving a pair of tiny flags. Then he got stuck halfway through and it was pretty much the best, funniest, awkwardest thing that could have happened 10. Grand Slam Celebration Fail Major Leaguer Kendry Morales broke his lower left leg while celebrating a game-winning grand slam in 2010. This edited video provides the before, during and after rundown. 11. Slam Dunk Fail See? White guys can jump? It's just the landing that's the hard part. 12. Long Jump Fail Dude! If you're gonna pump up the crowd like that, you can't just faceplant into the sand. 13. Touchdown Celebration Fail When you think about it, is there any better way to celebrate a touchdown than by pegging an unsuspecting spectator in the face? Bonus points for originality, at least. 14. Pro Golfer Fail You'd think a professional golfer could put the ball in the hole with less than 16 strokes. Kevin Na — and the rest of the world — found out otherwise on this par-four hole at the 2011 Valero Texas Open. 15. Boogie Boarding Fail Its veracity may be suspect, but this 2008 YouTube classic has more than 12.7 million views, despite a mind-numbing soundtrack.
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