The purpose of the study was to find out the Out-turn of autogenic training on the management of anxiety, stress among distance runners. Thirty men inter-collegiate level athletes were selected from Algappa University college of physical education Karaikudi. The selected subjects’ age group ranged from 18 to 25. The subjects were divided into control and experimental group, each group consists of fifteen subjects. All the selected subjects underwent one and half hour distance running training in the morning and evening. The experimental group underwent autogenic training thrice a week. The pre-test and post-test were assessed on the psychological variable anxiety and stress. Anxiety was measured by using Speilberge’s (1932) Anxiety scale questionnaire; Stress was measured by using Della franklin questionnaire. The data collected from the control group and experimental group on the anxiety and stress were treated statistically by applying analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The obtained F ratio was tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was concluded that experimental group significantly reduced anxiety and stress than the control group.
