{"id":596698,"date":"2026-04-21T02:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596698\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:20:10","slug":"caitlin-clark-lifts-lid-on-very-isolating-lost-fever-season-with-message-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596698\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark lifts lid on &#8216;very isolating&#8217; lost Fever season with message for return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Caitlin Clark #12 of the United States plays during the game at the 2026 FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament between the United States and Spain in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 17, 2026, at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/362a249a1d0b65d603d5cd5d4833168f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark spoke on how tough the 2025 WNBA season was for her -Credit:Photo by Edgardo Medina\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> (Photo by Edgardo Medina\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark gave reporters insight into her 2025 WNBA season after being relegated to just 13 games last year.<\/p>\n<p>After a historic 2024 campaign, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WNBA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">WNBA<\/a> Rookie of the Year was hampered by a plethora of injuries in her sophomore campaign, severely hampering the Indiana Fever&#8217;s ceiling in 2025. Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/caitlin-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clark;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Clark<\/a> has been working to get back into game shape after essentially missing the entire previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the superstar guard has given the media a look into how she dealt with an injury-plagued season that left her on the bench instead of being on the court. Her revelation came days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/caitlin-clark-gets-her-wish-220758896.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fever fortified its roster with four free agency deals meant to give Indiana more leeway in case of injury.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Fever fortified its roster with four free agency deals meant to give Indiana more leeway in case of injury.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/justin-rose-lost-500k-masters-142005327.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Rose lost $500K of his Masters prize money days after finishing tied for third;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Justin Rose lost $500K of his Masters prize money days after finishing tied for third<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/rory-mcilroy-loses-1-9-182514290.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rory McIlroy loses $1.9 million of Masters prize money just days after Augusta National win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Rory McIlroy loses $1.9 million of Masters prize money just days after Augusta National win<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I think speaking of last year, like obviously I was in about no reps because I wasn&#8217;t playing,&#8221; she told reporters on Sunday during training camp as she ramped up to playing shape. &#8220;So, you know, it&#8217;s hard. It&#8217;s very isolating to come to practice every single day and spend two hours getting treatment and rehab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also explained that, despite being &#8220;isolated&#8221; from her teammates as she attempted to get healthy, Clark still tried to be the &#8220;best teammate&#8221; she could be. In doing so, the superstar admitted that the moments alone allowed her to reflect on her situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And, I got to be their biggest fan,&#8221; the 24-year-old reflected. &#8220;And I think that was a great experience for me because through a lot of my career, everybody else was my biggest fan. And that doesn&#8217;t mean I wasn&#8217;t cheering for my teammates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever  celebrates a basket during the game against the Minnesota Lynx at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 09, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2c3f0e9e1abb0caf935174706635620b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever is doing what it can to surround Caitlin Clark with veterans the star prepares for her third season -Credit:Photo by Andy Lyons\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &#8220;It was like I was playing the most amount of minutes and I had the ball in my hands. And, you know, when you&#8217;re not doing that, you have to find another way to impact the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, I think I was able to do that and kind of help us and be as involved as I can. And I traveled to every single game but one just because of some rehab things that I was trying to get done to hopefully come back. But, yeah, I think just communicating really more than anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for what she&#8217;s focused on during her recovery, Clark noted that she&#8217;s trying to be more intentional about her movements and also about specific &#8220;muscle activation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/caitlin-clarks-perfect-3-word-080004713.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Caitlin Clark&#039;s perfect 3-word verdict as Victor Wembanyama has no mercy in NBA Playoffs debut;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Caitlin Clark&#8217;s perfect 3-word verdict as Victor Wembanyama has no mercy in NBA Playoffs debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/fever-gm-issues-caitlin-clark-224327460.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fever GM issues update on Caitlin Clark future after historic Aliyah Boston deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Fever GM issues update on Caitlin Clark future after historic Aliyah Boston deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Clark explained how she had been working on the impact her injuries had on her mental ability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, like a lot of athletes that have gone through injury know it&#8217;s like the mental battle of &#8216;Your body&#8217;s fine. You put in the work and, like, it&#8217;s just kind of getting over that mental hurdle,&#8221; Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I think there&#8217;s definitely still days where I experience a little bit of a mental block. But I know I&#8217;m doing every single thing I can to be healthy. And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve been healthy and why I will remain healthy as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fever will open their preseason against the New York Liberty on April 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark spoke on how tough the 2025 WNBA season was for her -Credit:Photo by Edgardo Medina\/NurPhoto via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[34190,2648,1760,4129,2839,259998,436,99,32090,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-596698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-2025-wnba-season","9":"tag-aliyah-boston","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-fever","12":"tag-indiana-fever","13":"tag-masters-prize-money","14":"tag-new-york-liberty","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-victor-wembanyama","17":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}