This time, it\u2019s to make sure she\u2019s healthy enough to get after it following a sophomore season in the WNBA riddled with injuries.<\/p>\n
Clark told reporters at training camp she is “100% healthy<\/a>” after dealing with quad, groin and ankle injuries in 2025, which led to just 13 games played for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) looks on against the Minnesota Lynx in the second half during the Commissioner’s Cup final at Target Center on July 1, 2025. (Jesse Johnson\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n But while Clark wasn\u2019t allowed to be on the court, she learned, along with head coach Stephanie White, how to be a bit more cautious heading into year three.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m a person that doesn\u2019t want to sit out a single rep, like I want to be in there every single time,” Clark told reporters, per the Indianapolis Star. “But I think just being a little bit smarter with my body\u2026whether that\u2019s recovery, whether that\u2019s pre-court treatment, whatever it is.”<\/p>\n White echoed Clark\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n CAITLIN CLARK EARNS DIANA TAURASI\u2019S APPROVAL AFTER WEARING ICONIC NO 12 FOR TEAM USA DEBUT<\/a><\/p>\n “She doesn\u2019t have to be out there every rep, just being mindful,” she said. “Every year that she gets older, she understands the cadence is a little bit different.”<\/p>\n Clark played just 13 games, but she made her second straight All-Star Game<\/a>, averaging 16.5 points, five rebounds and 8.8 assists per game over that span.<\/p>\n Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Atlanta Dream during the first half of Game 3 of the first round of the 2025 WNBA playoffs at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. Sept. 18, 2025. (Dale Zanine\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n Heading into this season, Clark is obviously looking to continue her hot start to her professional career, and working out with Team USA in March ahead of the FIBA Women\u2019s World Cup was an experience she said helped her prepare for this season.<\/p>\n “You want to rise to the level of the people around you, and then you also want to beat them, get on the court and compete,” she said about that experience playing and training with the best of the best in women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n So, Clark heads into training camp not pushing herself perhaps how she has in the past, including years at Iowa<\/a>. The Fever can see what else they have at the guard position when she does sit out and rest, including first-round pick Raven Johnson out of South Carolina.<\/p>\n Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives the ball against Connecticut Sun guard Leila Lacan (47) in the second quarter at TD Garden on July 15, 2025. (David Butler II\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n The Fever are hoping to continue its build to a WNBA contender, losing in the semfinals last season with an injury-riddled squad. They also made it a point to bring back core players from last year\u2019s roster, including Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull \u2014 all of whom dealt with injuries in 2025.<\/p>\n Indiana was also looking ahead to the future, inking Aliyah Boston to a four-year, $6.3 million contract extension that marked the highest-paid deal in WNBA history following a historic CBA agreement between the league and the players\u2019 association.<\/p>\n Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a>\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n![\"Indiana](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wnba-fever-caitlin-clark-120925-1.jpg\")
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