Bermuda will be among the teams seeking to progress to global qualifiers for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 at next March’s Americas Division 1 Twenty20 Tournament in Florida.The Island’s senior national squad will travel to the US state with the aim of securing one of the ICC global World Twenty20 qualifying spots available.Bermuda’s cricketers will warm up for the tournament during a training camp planned for early next year.The regional Twenty20 tournament will provide the Island’s cricketers with ideal preparations for April’s more important World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 Tournament on local soil.“It’s a very timely tournament (Americas Twenty20) as it gives us the opportunity to work on certain parts of our game that are obviously going to go into the 50 over game for the World Cricket League Division 3 Tournament,” said Arnold Manders, who will serve as national head coach on an interim basis once David Moore’s contract expires next March.Manders said the upcoming ICC tournaments will offer players plenty of incentives to put their best foot forward.“They have the Twenty20 (Americas) and they know if they qualify they will go to Dubai in October,” he added. “Then they have the World Cricket League Division 3 Tournament and if they qualify for that they go to New Zealand, so there’s plenty of incentives for the players.“There’s a lot of cricket if they chose to dedicate themselves and make a serious bid to qualify for the World Cup and getting to the Twenty20 World Cup. It’s a lot of incentives there for the players but they have got to want it. Coaches can do whatever they want, but it all boils down to the players trying to improve themselves to give us a better shot at qualifying so they have to be committed.”Manders admits national team players will have to raise their game a notch or two if they are to mount a serious bid for World Cup qualification in the Twenty20 and 50 over formats.“If they are going to be the cream of the crop then they can’t expect to play average in our domestic league and think you’re going to score runs or take wickets in the international level which is impossible,” he said. “If they want to be elite players then they also have to start preparing like elite players.”Manders said players must also toughen up mentally if they are to reap success at the international level.“Technically we usually have it right but we tend to make too many mental mistakes,” he said. “The players let an umpiring decision get in their head or the opposition say something that gets in their head and that’s something they have to work on.”Manders was encouraged by the large turnout during a team meeting last week attended by 20 squad members.“It was a good vibe and guys looked like they are ready to rock and roll,” he said.Manders revealed that training dates have been changed to accommodate those players currently playing football who will no longer be allowed to do so when the New Year rolls around.“Those players playing football will have to make a decision come January because we have to pick up the training sessions to 3-4 per week,” he added. “It’s not official yet but that’s the plan because come January we only have a couple of months left before the tournament (WCL Division 3) and there’s a training camp before that.“So they are going to have to commit themselves to cricket if they want to be selected rather than playing football.”Manders also hopes to invite other players to train with the national cricket squad ahead of next year’s training camp to commence either late January or early February.“I want to open it up and let the chips fall where they may,” he said. “But that’s going to be a selection committee decision and we have to go through the Board first.”