{"id":625173,"date":"2026-04-24T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:30:21","slug":"caitlin-clark-hints-at-major-change-to-game-for-fevers-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625173\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark hints at major change to game for Fever&#8217;s new season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caitlin Clark is returning to a court near you after an injury-ravaged 2025 season limited her to only 13 games.<\/p>\n<p>A healthy Clark may well be the factor that pushes the Indiana Fever over the top and into the WNBA Finals this season, which would snap an 11-year drought in between championship series appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Fever won last season&#8217;s Commissioner&#8217;s Cup and reached the WNBA semifinals without Clark, her return brings a legitimate MVP candidate back into the fold alongside Indiana&#8217;s other pillars: Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/news\/caitlin-clark-admits-one-key-reason-same-player\/3786a1b8dbe8086860fea60e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Caitlin Clark admits she won&#8217;t be the same player in 2026 for one key reason<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As she finds her footing after an injury-plagued campaign, Clark is working to enhance her game leading up to the WNBA season opener on May 9<\/p>\n<p>Footage from Fever training camp on Thursday showed Clark in a catch-and-shoot drill that saw her drill nine of 10 attempts.\u00a0Clark started from the free throw line and steadily dropped back to 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A catch and shoot drill for Caitlin Clark to begin practice: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVdz3HqFA6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UVdz3HqFA6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chloepeterson67\/status\/2047327083248935266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>While fans know Clark as a lethal long-range shooter and a dazzling playmaker, less is said about the two-time All-Star&#8217;s mid-range jumper.<\/p>\n<p>Only 4.5 percent of Clark&#8217;s shots came from the 10-16 foot range during her rookie season, but that figure jumped to 10.2 percent in 2025. The success rate went up, too: Clark shot 42.3 percent on these shots as a rookie and 45 percent last year, though the sample size was smaller as she played only 13 games.<\/p>\n<p>Already <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogWNBA\/status\/2046962843954696684?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">self-proclaimed<\/a>\u00a0as the WNBA&#8217;s best transition player, a reliable mid-range jumper would add another dimension to Clark&#8217;s game and make her even harder to stop in a half-court offense.<\/p>\n<p>More WNBA news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark is returning to a court near you after an injury-ravaged 2025 season limited her to only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-625173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}