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Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever plan to manage her playing time more wisely after an injury-plagued 2025 season, where she only played 13 games. Clark is now fully cleared to participate in training camp activities.
Fever, Caitlin Clark vow to be âsmarterâ with starâs reps after injury-plagued 2025
INDIANAPOLIS â Caitlin Clark has never asked for a break, and sheâs rarely needed one. From her freshman year at Iowa through her rookie season with the Indiana Fever, she played in 181 straight games and captivated the basketball world along the way. Last year, however, Clark appeared in just 13 games due to various injuries and was forced to watch as Indiana nearly punched a ticket to the WNBA Finals without her.
âI got to be their biggest fan, and I think that was a great experience for me because through a lot of my career, everybody else is my biggest fan,â Clark said Sunday at the Feverâs first day of training camp. âThat doesnât mean I wasnât cheering for my teammates (when healthy), but I was playing the most amount of minutes. I had the ball in my hands.â
Clark said sheâs now â100 percent clearedâ to play basketball and has been for a while. But Sunday marked the first time she participated in an official on-court Fever activity since she appeared in a game on July 15, 2025. She suffered a right groin strain in that contest â a Fever road win over the Connecticut Sun â and injured her left ankle during rehab, which knocked her out for the rest of the season.
Clark was back at the peak of her powers when she took home MVP honors for Team USA at the FIBA Womenâs Basketball World Cup qualifying tournament last month. The plan, according to a self-proclaimed wiser Clark, is to stay that way by acknowledging and embracing when she may need to dial it back during her third WNBA season.
âI was talking to (Fever coach Stephanie White) a little bit, and Iâm the person that doesnât want to sit out a single rep,â Clark said. âI want to be in there every single time. I just love competing, and I love playing. And none of that has changed, but I think just being a little bit smarter with my body and understanding what it takes. ⊠Especially for camp days, these days are really long. Youâre on the court for two and a half or three hours, putting in a lot of stuff.â
Caitlin Clark suffered a right groin strain and later injured her left ankle during rehabilitation, which limited her to just 13 games.
Caitlin Clark played in only 13 games during her rookie season with the Indiana Fever due to injuries.
Caitlin Clark expressed that watching her teammates compete while she was injured was a valuable experience, as she had often been the one leading the team.
Caitlin Clark is currently 100 percent cleared to play basketball and has participated in training camp activities.

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Clark, 24, said she hasnât had a direct conversation with White or the rest of the coaching staff in which sheâs been told âthis is what you can do or canât do,â but they have all become more aware of Clarkâs workload. This season figures to be one of the longest in WNBA history, with the 2026 FIBA World Cup break from late August to mid-September. Unlike in 2024 when Clark didnât make the Olympic team, sheâs poised to be one of Team USAâs leaders this summer and wonât have the same opportunity to rest up before the WNBA season resumes.
With that in mind, White said itâs paramount for the Fever to find ways to keep Clark fresh. A key factor in that approach will be balancing when to limit Clarkâs on-court participation with ensuring she receives enough action to remain sharp.
âItâs Day 1. She doesnât have to be out there every rep, just being mindful of reps,â White said. âI think every year that she gets older, too, she understands the cadence is a little bit different. Itâs not like she has to go out there and go through everything.â
White added that she shares the same philosophy for the Feverâs other stars and veterans, including Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell. Unlike Clark, Boston and Mitchell played in every game last season. Mitchellâs campaign, however, ended scarily when she left Game 5 of the playoff semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces due to rhabdomyolysis â a serious condition in which a personâs muscle tissue breaks down. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, rhabdomyolysis can be caused by muscle overuse, which is what Mitchell cited after she was hospitalized. Boston, meanwhile, suffered a lower right leg injury in February while playing in professional three-on-three league âUnrivaled.â Both players have since made full recoveries.
Despite being sidelined during the World Cup qualifying tournament, Boston joked that ânothingâ was different about Clark during their recent stint with Team USA. The star point guard was back to wowing the crowd and her teammates with her long-range 3s and flashy passes because âCaitlin is Caitlin,â Boston said.
Clark added sheâs developed a close relationship with Fever athletic trainer Maria Witte, calling her âthe most selfless personâ throughout her rehab. Witte joined the Fever last year and has remained by Clarkâs side throughout her Fever and Team USA obligations. Together, theyâve worked closely to understand what measures Clark must take to put her injury-riddled 2025 season in her rearview mirror while hopefully preventing those injuries in 2026.
âIâm very intentional about the things Iâm trying to do,â Clark said. âI think as a young person, you just grab your basketball shoes and youâre like, âOh, letâs just get out on the court and lace âem up and go play,â and that wasnât obviously something that was going to help me through the longevity of my career. ⊠But (now) I know Iâm doing every single thing I can to be healthy and thatâs why Iâve been healthy and why Iâll remain healthy as well.â
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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