Interim national coach Arnold Manders has warned his players they must improve their fitness to cope with the gruelling ICC World Twenty20 Qualifying schedule.Bermuda travel to the UAE in November where they will play a punishing nine matches in just 13 days — a task made all the more difficult by the scorching heat.But Manders hopes to have whipped his players into shape over by then, providing they commit to the Island’s qualifying cause.“When I meet with the players I’m going to be stressing the importance of fitness and commitment to training,” said Manders.“It’s going to be a lot of hard work because we have to play a lot of matches in a short period of time,“The players must really work on their fitness because if they’re not fit they’re not going — it’s a simple as that.”Bermuda Cricket Board today named a 36-man training squad for the qualifiers in November with a healthy blend of youth and experience.Included in the mix are captain Stephen Outerbridge, Cup Match’s new record run-scorer Janeiro Tucker, former Warwickshire batsman David Hemp and big-hitting veteran Lional Cann.St George’s Cup Match colts Onias Bascome, Lateef Trott, Christian Burgess have also made the squad, as have Somerset’s Tre Manders, who scored a century in this year’s classic, and all-rounder Kamau Leverock.Treadwell Gibbons is also a surprise inclusion considering his unruly behaviour at Cup Match after being given out in St George’s second innings.Manders admitted it won’t be easy whittling his squad down to 14 players, but stressed that fitness will be a key factor in determining whether a player boards the plane to the Middle East.“There will be two days of fitness training each week, starting from August 12 straight through to September. The national team players will be expected to train on those two days.“For me, our players will pick themselves depending on whether they have a bowling plan and a batting plan.“If they don’t, they will get left behind.”Despite being pitted against Scotland, Denmark, Holland, Afghanistan, Kenya, Nepal and Papua New Guinea, Manders remains confident Bermuda can be Group B’s surprise package.Group A includes Ireland, Canada, UAE, Namibia, Hong Kong, Uganda, USA and Italy, with the top three teams from each group qualifying for the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.“We have to be positive, it doesn’t make sense going there not being positive,” Manders said.“It’s Twenty20 and if we do our things right we should qualify — I have high hopes of that.”While Manders believes Bermuda’s players are more suited to the 50-over game than the crash, bang, wallop of Twenty 20, he feels the shorter format offers smaller teams a better chance of creating an upset.“I think we’re probably better at 50-overs but a lot of people think Twenty20 can help the weaker teams,” he said.“That’s probably true because you only need two or three good overs and you can put yourself in a winning position.“In terms of us getting quick success, I guess Twenty20 is the way forward, but in terms of our development I think the 50-over game is more important.”Manders said he didn’t know whether the BCB were seeking a long-term replacement for former national coach David Moore, but is more than happy to continue as interim coach for the foreseeable future.“I’m still the interim coach, I don’t know what the Board are planning, I’m just falling in and offering my assistance,” he added.“I’m sure they need a national coach but I don’t know if (the BCB) can afford a full-time coach right now.“I’d like to carry on as part-time coach although I’m not sure I’d like to do it full-time.”Bermuda finished runners-up at the ICC America Division T20 Championship in Florida in March to advance to the World Qualifiers.Bermuda’s training squadJason Anderson, Onias Bascome, Kamal Bashir, Damali Bell, Steven Bremar, Christian Burgess, Lionel Cann, Fiqre Crockwell, Jordan DeSilva, Allan Douglas, Christopher Douglas, Kamel Easton, Jekon Edness, Terryn Fray, Treadwell Gibbons, Joshua Gilbert, Brian Hall, David Hemp, Kwasi James, Malachi Jones, Shaquille Jones, Kamau Leverock, Tre Manders, Greg Maybury, Stephen Outerbridge, Justin Pitcher, OJ Pitcher, Delray Rawlins, Jacobi Robinson, Sammy Robinson, Macai Simmons, Dion Stovell, Lateef Trott, Rodney Trott, Janeiro Tucker, Kevin TuckerBermuda’s tournament scheduleNovember 12 Italy (friendly)November 13 Canada (friendly)November 15 ScotlandNovember 16 DenmarkNovember 17 HollandNovember 20 AfghanistanNovember 21 KenyaNovember 23 NepalNovember 24 Papua New Guinea