Toughening up on the long road back from injury

Nottingham Wildcats basketball player Chelsey Shumpert has suffered three serious knee injuries, but tells Nicola Kenton how her determination to come out better on the other side got her through

Chelsey Shumpert knows what it takes to come back from injury (Nottingham Wildcats)

Discovering her own mental toughness proved vital for basketball player Chelsey Shumpert after recovering from a knee injury that threatened to hamper her career.

The Nottingham Wildcats player experienced the third knee injury of her career last summer when she had meniscus and lateral damage.

But the 25-year-old saw it as an opportunity to improve herself and get ready for the 2020-21 season of the Women’s British Basketball League.