[JRutledge]

regarding NFGHS "Continuous Motion"

A post player on the block begins his spin to baseline for a turn arround jumper but is hacked accross the arm before he can bring the ball up to attempt to shoot it. Is he in the act of shooting and awarded two shots?

This is why we get paid the big bucks. You have to determine if the move was directly appart of a try. You need to look at definitions and read what a try or a tap is. Rule 4-40.

A player on the fast break has dribbled the length of the court and has now ended his dribble and is beginning his foot work for a lay up but is hacked accross the arm and before he can bring the ball up to attempt to shoot it.Is he in the act of shooting and awarded two shots?

I this play described, it sounds like a try. The player picked up the ball in an attempt to shoot. Sounds like the player was in the act of shooting to me.

Both of these scenarios are usually called for non-shooting fouls on the floor, yet I feel they could be considered in the act of shooting based on the definition of continuous motion.

Depends on the level of the officials you are watching. These situations are usually not the situation that I have seen called non-shooting fouls. Maybe at the lower levels, but the higher you go official know how to call these plays. Especially the ones you described here. Always easy to describe something in black and white and come up with a ruling, but not so easy when you see the play. That is why judgement is so important for an official.

Peace