Testing and training apparatus

1. A testing and training apparatus, comprising:

an upright frame including two upright members;

an instrumentation support that is supported by the upright frame so as to be adjustable in height, wherein the instrumentation support is rotatable about a horizontal axis with respect to the upright frame and is selectively lockable against further rotation, the horizontal axis extending in a direction between the two upright members; and

instrumentation mountable on the instrumentation support;

wherein the instrumentation comprises a plurality of force sensors,

wherein the instrumentation support comprises at least one sensor mounted to receive a force in a direction substantially perpendicular to another sensor, and

wherein the apparatus outputs data signals indicative of force detected by the force sensors.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the instrumentation comprises a control panel, a plurality of load cells, a battery, a microcontroller and a data communication bus.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the instrumentation is distributed, each of the force sensors comprising a control panel, a load cell, a battery, a microcontroller and a data communication bus.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the instrumentation comprises a plurality of LED or other indicators corresponding to the respective force sensors, wherein the indicators are activatable to identify to a user which of the force sensors to employ.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the instrumentation selectively activates one or more of the force sensors according to a desired testing or training regime.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the instrumentation is controllable with controls provided therein.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the instrumentation is controllable with a computing device when in data communication with the instrumentation.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising the computing device.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional sensor mounted to the instrumentation support and arranged to receive a force in a direction substantially opposite to another sensor.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional sensor mounted to the instrumentation support and arranged to receive a force in a direction substantially the same as another sensor.

11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the instrumentation support is elongate and wherein the horizontal axis is parallel a longitudinal axis of the instrument support.

12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor is mounted to receive a force substantially parallel to the horizontal axis of the instrument support.

13. A testing or training method, comprising:

locating instrumentation with an instrumentation support on an upright frame including two upright members at a height and with a rotational orientation with respect to a horizontal axis selected according to a desired testing or training exercise, the instrumentation comprising a plurality of force sensors, wherein at least one sensor is mounted to receive a force in a direction substantially perpendicular to another sensor;

conducting the testing or training exercise; and

outputting data signals indicative of force detected by the force sensors;

wherein the instrumentation is rotatable relative to horizontal axis of the upright frame and wherein the horizontal axis extends in a direction between the two upright members.

14. A method as claimed in claim 13 , comprising adjusting the rotational orientation of the instrumentation during or between exercises.