Caitlin Clark says she is 100% wholesome at Indiana Fever coaching camp

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The Indiana Fever are again on the hardwood, because the group reported to coaching camp forward of the 2026 season, and all eyes are on famous person guard Caitlin Clark as soon as once more.

This time, it’s to ensure she’s wholesome sufficient to get after it following a sophomore season within the WNBA riddled with accidents.

Clark instructed reporters at coaching camp she is " 100% healthy " after coping with quad, groin and ankle accidents in 2025, which led to simply 13 video games performed for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Yr.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) seems to be on towards the Minnesota Lynx within the second half in the course of the Commissioner's Cup last at Goal Heart on July 1, 2025. (Jesse Johnson/Imagn Photos)

However whereas Clark wasn’t allowed to be on the courtroom, she realized, together with head coach Stephanie White, easy methods to be a bit extra cautious heading into yr three.

"I’m an individual that doesn’t need to sit out a single rep, like I need to be in there each single time," Clark instructed reporters, per the Indianapolis Star. "However I feel simply being a bit of bit smarter with my physique…whether or not that’s restoration, whether or not that’s pre-court remedy, no matter it's."

White echoed Clark’s assertion.

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"She doesn’t should be on the market each rep, simply being aware," she mentioned. "Yearly that she will get older, she understands the cadence is a bit of bit totally different."

Clark performed simply 13 video games, however she made her second straight All-Star Game , averaging 16.5 factors, 5 rebounds and eight.8 assists per recreation over that span.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) performs towards the Atlanta Dream in the course of the first half of Sport 3 of the primary spherical of the 2025 WNBA playoffs at Gateway Heart Area in Faculty Park, Georgia. Sept. 18, 2025. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Photos)

Heading into this season, Clark is clearly seeking to proceed her sizzling begin to her skilled profession, and understanding with Group USA in March forward of the FIBA Ladies’s World Cup was an expertise she mentioned helped her put together for this season.

"You need to rise to the extent of the folks round you, and then you definately additionally need to beat them, get on the courtroom and compete," she mentioned about that have taking part in and coaching with the very best of the very best in ladies’s basketball.

So, Clark heads into coaching camp not pushing herself maybe how she has previously, together with years at Iowa . The Fever can see what else they've on the guard place when she does sit out and relaxation, together with first-round choose Raven Johnson out of South Carolina.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives the ball towards Connecticut Solar guard Leila Lacan (47) within the second quarter at TD Backyard on July 15, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Photos)

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The Fever are hoping to proceed its construct to a WNBA contender, shedding within the semfinals final season with an injury-riddled squad. In addition they made it a degree to deliver again core gamers from final yr’s roster, together with Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull — all of whom handled accidents in 2025.

Indiana was additionally waiting for the longer term, inking Aliyah Boston to a four-year, $6.3 million contract extension that marked the highest-paid deal in WNBA historical past following a historic CBA settlement between the league and the gamers’ affiliation.