It is okay to look at the board when long jumping and triple jumping. If not how do you know when to jump? If you do look at the board, look at it as soon as you start your approach and do not lift your eyes off of the board until your foot lifts off of it.
If your athlete is slowing down the last few strides of the approach, reaching for the board or just running through then they are losing the board and have no idea where it is. When an athlete lands dead on board on runs through, they have no idea where the board is. Solution look at the board through take off.







