Video: Caitlin Clark Reveals What She Must Improve for WNBA Success After Iowa Career

Caitlin Clark knows the biggest change she'll need to make in her game will come in the weight room.

The Indiana Fever star spoke to reporters Wednesday and said the physicality of the WNBA game will be her biggest adjustment.

"I think the physicality is probably going to be one of the biggest things for myself," Clark said. "Like, it reminds me of the international game in a way. The international game is very, very physical. Obviously, the college game, it was physical to an extent, but the people I'm going to be playing in this league are full-grown, very strong women. You're going to get hit. You're going to get bumped."

"People are going to defend you hard when you're driving the ball to court. And I think just getting used to that physicality of the game will probably be one of the biggest things for myself to overcome is just mentally, but also physically is like, I'll have to get stronger. Obviously that's hard to do coming from college to like starting a whole another season. There's only so much you can do in the weight room. But, I think as my career kind of unfolds, you know, just getting physically stronger and, you know, being able to hold my own."

Clark, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, did not have much of an offseason between her final game at Iowa and her impending professional debut. She played in the April 7 national championship game against South Carolina and will take the court with the Fever for the first time May 3 for their preseason opener against the Dallas Wings.

That's not exactly a long time to bulk up in the gym.

Clark isn't the only one who believes she'll face an adjustment period. WNBA legend Diana Taurasi took flak last month for saying the National Player of the Year will have a more difficult time with grown women.

"Reality is coming," Taurasi said. "You see it on the NBA side, and you're going to see it on this side. You look superhuman playing against 18-year-olds, but you're going to come play with some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time."

Clark averaged 31.6 points, 8.9 assists and 7.4 rebounds per game during her final season at Iowa. Taurasi currently holds the single-season points per game record at 25.3.