I bought this primarily as a bat for hitting people, but it turns out it can also be useful for drilling big holes in concrete blocks. It serves both purposes well. To use it you need a suitable power drill. If you try to use a regular household drill with it, both drill bits and drill bits will be destroyed. You need a hole punch with an SDS cartridge. With the right tools, it's difficult and does the job well. I used it to go through two concrete blocks. The job was done in about 10 minutes and it shows no significant signs of wear. Besides regular drills, you should also avoid using it with the following items: hammers, peelers, mandolins (both scissors and tools), computers, and diapers. Each of them was studied by trial and error. The instructions should actually say that you can't change diapers with it. No special equipment is required for use as a racket.