The Donic Ovtcharov No.1 is a very fast blade. It has good control, it's more controllable than a Timo Boll ALC in my opinion but for me, it still lacks control. I use it with a Donic bluefire M1 on the forehand, and Donic bluefire JP03 on the backhand. Overall great blade. It has a nice feeling but my coach wants me to change it because he thinks it has too much vibration. He is right, but I like feeling the ball so I have no problem with vibration.