It would be considered verbal abuse, as i have dealt with this for a significant portion of my life. Hope this helps! And as the comment below suggests, emotional abuse because the child would think they are worthless and would hate themselves and thus blame everything on them, leading to depression.
Kickball-Ball is rolled towards the batter and kicked Softball- Ball is pitched in the air and struck by a bat Whiffleball- Plastic ball struck by plastic bat
