Bermuda coach David Moore believes a change in mindset is essential if his team are going to triumph in the future.

The Australian, who flew home from Namibia yesterday morning, said an expectation of failure had contributed to the side's dramatic collapse from 164 for three to 214 all out on the first day of their Intercontinental Shield match.

Stephen Outerbridge's dismissal on Saturday, when he chased a short wide ball from spinner Toby Verwey and was caught at first slip, started the rot. And that was followed by the rest of the side throwing away their wickets with needless shots and a silly run-out that claimed the scalp of Malachi Jones.

However, Moore also thought that the performance from openers Fiqre Crockwell and Chris Foggo, who was hit in the side of the head from the first ball of the match, was some of the toughest cricket he'd seen.

"I think that the problem is that sometimes people expect this team to fail, which means that these guys then expect to fail," said Moore. "So when we get into an awkward situation, rather than having the confidence to get out of trouble, they follow that perception that they have accepted.

"What I'm trying to do is break us out of that and I thought that for that first hour-and-three-quarters when Foggo and Crockwell batted was just great cricket from our guys. It was very disciplined, and tough.

"It was as tough cricket as you would see in any first class arena, and those guys worked really hard. The issue then came about that we lost wickets in groups, and we lost wickets around breaks, two cardinal sins when it comes to batting in four-day games, you just can't do that and we did that on nearly every break and we lost wickets in clumps which doesn't allow anyone to get set, we don't get partnerships, and therefore you lose seven for 50.

"It was something I didn't want to see, but we move on and I'm still very confident in the ability of the players."

Moore will arrive in Bermuda at the beginning of May and his first task will be to prepare the team for the Americas tournament that begins on the Island on May 28.

"When I get over we've got 20-odd days before the Americas, which is obviously very important to us, so I'll hit the ground running," he said.

"But we've set a standard on this tour, which we expect to be upheld, and if they can't do it then we'll find guys who can.

"With the Americas tournament I hope to have a camp before the tournament starts so we can get things in order. There's positive signs but it's like potential isn't it. Potential is unseen ability and we've got to make sure that potential rises to the top."