{"id":87782,"date":"2025-07-24T04:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87782\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T04:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:58:10","slug":"wnba-star-caitlin-clark-has-a-kid-friendly-way-of-dealing-with-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87782\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Caitlin Clark Has a Kid-Friendly Way of Dealing With Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark<\/a> handles a high-pressure game the same way a parent might soothe a meltdown: with some calming music and a Disney movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During an All-Star Weekend event held in Indianapolis on Saturday, the WNBA star spoke to Glamour about how she takes care of her mental and physical health as a pro athlete.<\/p>\n

Clark said that one of her favorite ways to manage stress is rewatching Disney classics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The other day I watched ‘The Parent Trap,’ which literally never gets old, even though I know every single word in it,” Clark, 23, said.<\/p>\n

Even though the latest season of “Love Island” was a viral hit, the basketball player says it’s just not her thing.<\/p>\n

“I watched the first episode but couldn’t get into it. Maybe it was too cringe for me? And it takes a lot of time \u2014 there’s a new episode like every single day! I just couldn’t do it.”<\/p>\n

Instead of blasting hard-hitting tunes, her pre-game ritual is all about calming melodies or no music at all. The Indiana Fever player also enjoys journaling before each game<\/a>, a habit that helps her clear her head and stay focused on her goal.<\/p>\n

“It makes me really intentional about what I want to accomplish and is a good reset if I’m feeling nervous or anxious about the game, to kind of wipe that away,” she said.<\/p>\n

Whenever she can, Clark unwinds with a round of golf. While traveling for games, she also takes evening walks and tries new restaurants with her teammates.<\/p>\n

Being in the public eye isn’t easy, and that’s why she also checks in regularly with the sports psychologist on staff.<\/p>\n

“I don’t just talk about things that stress me out but also the joys in my life, and that’s always a good reminder and reset for me,” Clark said.<\/p>\n

But her favorite tip for staying in tip-top shape? A good night’s rest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’ve obviously done everything under the sun, but there’s no better rest and recovery than just straight up sleeping,” Clark said.<\/p>\n

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As she recovers from a groin injury, she said she has come to truly understand the value of self-care.<\/p>\n

“This is the first time I haven’t felt like a young body that can run around and sprint every day and just continue to do that,” Clark said. “Being a professional athlete, you really have to take care of both your body and your mind \u2014 it’s been a journey learning about that.”<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, Clark has missed 11 regular-season games due to various injuries, per ESPN. She never missed a game during her four years playing for the University of Iowa or during her rookie WNBA season in 2024.<\/p>\n

Clark isn’t the only athlete who has spoken about the ways they cope with the pressure and take care of their health.<\/p>\n

Simone Biles<\/a> said she saw her therapist ahead of the 2024 Olympic gymnastics team final, where she and her team went on to win gold.<\/p>\n

“At the beginning of the day, I started off with therapy this morning, so that was super exciting. I told her I was feeling calm and ready and that’s kind of exactly what happened,” Biles said to reporters after the competition.<\/p>\n

Masters champion Rory McIlroy<\/a> says he overcomes performance anxiety by visualizing the worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n

“For whatever reason, imagining the worst-case scenario gave me a level of comfort because I felt like any worst-case scenario that I could bring up in my head, I’d be able to deal with,” he said during an April appearance on “The Whoop Podcast.”<\/p>\n

A representative for Clark did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark handles a high-pressure game the same way a parent might soothe a meltdown: with some calming…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-87782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114906444951936602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}