Bermuda cricket coach David Moore wants to make the national side so ruthless that the Island becomes a place visiting teams fear to tred.

The Australian intends to create a climate of fear around the squad, and eventually hopes to make them unbeatable on home soil.

That mission will start next week in the ICC Americas Championship, and then be carried forward through the Twenty20 competition that follows and the matches against United Arab Emirates in July.

"I'm expecting us to play well on home soil, because what I'm going to try and work on moving forward, and it may not happen this year, is to make us unbeatable on home soil," said Moore.

"That's what really should happen in these sorts of series. We should be that used to our own wickets and surrounds, that people should be scared about coming to Bermuda, rather than looking forward to coming here.

"Although it's (Bermuda) a beautiful place, you want them to still not want to come over because of the fact that we are ruthless and unbeatable on our own soil. That's the whole idea."

Creating that aura of invincibility will not only require ability on the pitch, it will mean a level of focus and commitment off it that cricketers at the highest level need the world over.

It also means being able to handle and react to the expectations of playing in front of a home crowd, something most of the squad will be experiencing for the first time. And those who can't handle the situation won't be around the squad for long, no matter how talented they are.

"We'll certainly be talking about the expectations of their behaviour and how they carry themselves, and how they prepare themselves to play a tournament on home soil," said Moore. "There are far less distractions when you're touring, but then again, that's about the discipline and commitment of an international cricketer.

"That's the expectation of an international cricketer, to be able to play a home series and be fully focused on the task. Again it's all about self selection. Those guys that can't do that will weed themselves out (of selection) towards their positions moving forward with the Bermuda cricket team."

While some might consider it harder to play a major tournament at home, with all the pressure and expectation that brings, Moore believes it is how players behave that really matters.

"To be honest it depends on how you are playing," said Moore. "The bigger international teams, it's easier to play at home because they get to sleep in their own beds, they're off the road for long enough to spend time with their families, and I think that's the advantage of playing at home, at any level.

"The downside purely comes from the discipline of the individual. If they get distracted and not focused, and not commited to the task when they're playing at home, then that's purely their lack of individual commitment and discipline. "