There are various techniques to stimulate the penis with the hands when giving a hand job. Mostly the hand is put ringlike around the penis but also single fingers can stimulate the penis. Moreover, the speed, the rhythm, and the pressure play an important role. Due to the fastness of preferences a hand job cannot be generalized and has to be given according to these preferences. It also is decisive if the hand job is performed wet or dry meaning with lubricants or saliva or without any liquids which makes a difference in the way the hand job feels. Yet again the different preferences have to be taken into consideration.

The term manual relief for a hand job likewise means that the passive partner whose penis is stimulated has an orgasm, thus meaning that he can completely relax while the active partner does all the work, massages the penis with their hands and fingers until he has an orgasm and ejaculates.