Yale Athletics Training Facilities

The Dwyer Sports Medicine Center, located on the first floor in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, is the primary rehabilitation facility for Yale Athletics. The room is also  the main training room for  winter sports using the  Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The Dwyer Center is open Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (or until last scheduled practice ends). Weekend hours is according to team practice and competition schedules.

The facility was renovated this past summer and includes a  square foot therapy area with seven treatment tables,  a large office workspace and locker room for the staff, and shelved storage for supplies. The therapy area has  various electrotherapy devices, a hydrotherapy and mouthguard fabrication area, and a team taping  and preparation area.

For cardiovascular fitness, the room is supplied with isokinetic bicycles, an upper body ergometer, stairmaster, and treadmill. Rehabilitative strength training  is accomplished with the use of an nk table, multi axial ankle exerciser,  kin-com isokinetic machine, and a multi hip and cable column machine.  The varsity strength and training facility on the fourth floor is also used by the injured athlete.  There is also free space available for proprioception exercises utilizing  swedish and weighted balls, a fitter, and baps boards.


The Smilow Training Room is open according to team practice and competition schedules for sports operating out of the Smilow Field Center, Coxe Cage, and Cullman Tennis Center. The approximate hours are Monday - Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., and 2 hours prior to competitions, unless otherwise announced.  The facility has seven taping tables, seven treatment tables and four storage areas. There is also a doctors office and portable x-ray facility open during the fall season.


The Ingalls Rink Training Rooms  operate according to the Men's and Women's Ice Hockey practice times. Hours will be determined by the Athletic Trainers for those teams.

Modified Training Room hours will be posted during finals weeks, over holiday breaks, and during the summer.

Athletic Medicine Clinic
The Athletic Medicine Clinic is a walk-in clinic at the Yale Health Service (17 Hillhouse Ave). Clinic hours are Monday - Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at UHSC, level S. All Yale intercollegiate athletes may utilize this service for injury or illness. The clinic is run on a first come-first serve basis, with appointments available.

Athletes may also utilize Molly Meyer, Nurse Practitioner, for illnesses or other medical conditions. She is located on the 2nd floor of UHSC and is available Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.