Yoga, four practice matches, specialised net sessions and a day watching Test cricket are all part of the national cricket squad?s upcoming training camp in Trinidad.

The 18 players on the ten-day tour will get their first insight into new national coach Gus Logie?s training style and methods when they begin work on April 6.

Four days will see the Bermudians playing against combined-club teams and the national team (two fixtures each) while the remaining days have been divided into various segments of net sessions, playing-related discussions, fielding and catching drills and yoga. On April 9, the players will attend the second day of the Queen?s Park Oval Test between the West Indies and South Africa.

?We will be doing a holistic preparation programme. We?re not only looking at the physical side of cricket but the mental, tactical and technical aspects. It?s a combination of all four factors to try and make sure that when the players leave here they are at an acceptable conditioning level,? elaborated Logie yesterday.

?We also want them to be at a technical level at which they can proficiently execute their mission on the field and we want them to have a bit of the tactical side of the game as well,?

Four matches, he added, will feature national and club cricketers who play in the island?s top division.

?The interest at club level is very high and we?re seeing an improved standard in many of the players. We will choose players from four or five clubs to give the guys a good test.?

The incoming coach, who has been sent a dossier on his charges? strengths and weaknesses and their positions in the team, has certain goals for the training camp.

?I would like them to understand their roles in the team. That?s something we will need to work on in the practice games because each individual should know what is to be expected of them in match situations.

?We will also be looking at the players? fitness levels. We want that to improve because we think if that improves so will the mental side of the game.?

In that regard, Logie views the three yoga workouts as a vital component en route to achieving peak fitness though he conceded it?s still not considered a masculine pursuit.

?One-Day cricket is a fast-paced game and many times it?s in a tension-packed atmosphere. If you?re not as relaxed as you would like to be in those situations, you make the wrong choices.

?I think it?s more a matter of proper breathing and stretching techniques and an individual having strategies to cope with tension on the field.

?I found yoga to be quite integral when I was playing. I had the opportunity to do it one year in Scotland and it benefited me tremendously. Having done some research on it and spoken to different players across the world, I know it?s something that they do even though they don?t talk about it much.?

The former West Indies vice-captain and coach has also arranged a chat with former national and West Indies cricketers which will allow Clay Smith?s men to pick those players? brains as to how they succeeded in the sport. Some of those who will be present were part of the 1977 Trinidadian squad which toured Bermuda.

?I?ve tried to get that 1977 team which toured Bermuda when I was a young player, and who have a feeling for Bermuda?s cricket, to come and share some ideas and hopefully it will benefit the Bermudians,? said Logie, adding that some current players have also been invited to participate.

Meanwhile, there have been two changes to the original touring party which boasted 17 players and two officials. Wicketkeeper Dean Minors has been sidelined with a hamstring injury and Kwame Steede has been summoned as a replacement. Veteran batsman Charlie Marshall has also been added to the group.