A linebacker will have to run more than 10 meters when chasing a running back on a sweep, blitzing, or covering a fullback or tight end on pass coverage. But the lactic runs (longer than 7 seconds) I don’t get. I haven’t seen too many linebackers running 60 yards.
Might the coach be a lot better off with, say, 4X4X60 with walk back rest?
Definately stay away from the longer runs, back in high school our team did 1 mile, 8x100, 8x80, 6x60, 4x40. All this accomplished was wearing down the kids.
However at the end of running program we moved to 5x60 w/30sec rest,5min rest, 10x40 w/20sec rest. This was more inline with what you should do. You should try to stay in the 40 yd range for most of the work, as anything higher is rarely used in an actual football game
I guess you would have to define what you mean by “work” a bit better. Generally, I could think of very few situations (if any!) where this would be an optimal workout, but until we know what in particular you are trying to do with this workout and how it fits in with the overall plan, it is hard to judge. Is this for speed, conditoning, ‘guts’, something else, or all of the above?