11 Male Masturbation Techniques to Enhance Solo Play

Enhance Your Solo Play: 11 Masturbation Techniques For Penis Owners

The best penis masturbation experience doesn't always have to be a hand job. Although a nice lubey hand job can be amazing, there are many ways for you to experience solo pleasure without the standard grip-and-tug method. At a certain point, doing the same thing over and over every time you masturbate is going to get mundane and repetitive. So, to help you out we have put together 11 male masturbation techniques you can try tonight so that you can enhance your masturbation experience!

1. Tease Your Tip

This tip-teasing masturbation technique utilizes something you’ve already got lying around—a soft sheet or light blanket! Try to find something that’s lightweight and smooth so it doesn’t weigh down your member or block any of the sensations you’re about to receive.

When lying in bed, take the shaft of your penis in either hand and hold it straight upwards towards the ceiling. Drape the blanket over the top of your penis so it rests gently over your tip and isn’t being pulled down. With your free hand, reach outside of the blanket—above the tip of your penis—and lightly place the palm of your hand on top of the blanket.

Feel the sensations of the blanket moving on your tip as you lightly rub back and forth and in circles using your palm! Alternate speed and pressure to find just the right combination. Just be aware that this particular masturbation technique can make the head of your penis super sensitive. If it doesn’t get you off, it’s certainly going to turn you on!

2. Experiment With a Masturbation Sleeve

Some of you may not yet know the wonders of masturbation sleeves. Usually made from jelly or a more lifelike material - masturbators can come ribbed, smooth, or nubby. Some are adorned with realistic-looking vaginal lips while others have a simple hole to insert yourself into. A masturbation sleeve creates private pleasure unlike what you’ve felt before and has earned its title as one of our best masturbation techniques for this reason!

Masturbator sleeves also double as sliding, sucking products that feel amazing. Instead of gripping around your shaft, lubricate and slide the sleeve on, and grip the tip of the toy just over the head of your penis. Pulling and releasing the tension by closing and opening the open end will cause the sleeve to slide up and down your shaft, creating an incredible suction! Using a masturbator like the Easy Grip Masturbator shown below, is a wonderful way to spice up masturbation.

Image of lifelike realistic vagina stroker

3. Heat Things Up

If you want a new and sensational experience with an inexpensive addition, this technique is all about tossing out your old lotion-and-tissue combo and grabbing a lubricant that heats up! Products like Astroglide Warming Lube rubs your cock with a light, friction-reducing formula that warms you up for a spectacular solo session.

A little goes a long way with warming lubricants, and the soothing, smooth glide coupled with tingling warming sensations lets you feel like you’re inside a wet, hot lover as you stroke.

Bonus: Water-based warming lubes like the Astroglide are a safe choice when using any realistic vagina masturbator!

4. Try The "X Marks The Spot" Technique

This expert-level technique may seem challenging at first, but once you get the angles and the rhythm down, you’ll be sure to love it. All you need is your arms, some lubricant, and a bit of flexibility.

Lay on your back with your erection lying close to your stomach. Cross your arms one over the other to form an “X” shape on your torso. Arrange them so your palms are resting on the opposite hip/leg (you’re not crossing your arms like you’re angry) and the center of the “X” is above the head of your penis. Utilize the softer skin of your inner arms while you pump your cock between your stomach and arms. This is a great workout for your abdominal and pelvic muscles and offers a fun, hands-free thrust!

5. Play With Faux Oral

Grab a silky, smooth lubricant and get ready to feel something similar to oral sex! Lubricate your head and shaft, and hold the shaft in your non-dominant hand. With your dominant hand, place your pointer and middle fingers together like a closed peace sign. With your palm facing toward you, slide the head of your penis through your two fingers, allowing them to gently conform to your shaft.

Remember that your fingers shouldn’t be gripping during this male masturbation technique—you should be sliding through with ease, mimicking the motion of pressing your penis through taut lips. To add a little extra sensation, remove your non-dominant hand from the shaft, place it behind your fingers, and gently squeeze your head as you push through to make this method one of the best masturbation experiences ever. It feels like soft, wet lips and a gripping mouth. Get the rhythm right and you will orgasm in no time!

6. Play With Your Balls

A lot of people with a penis love it when their partners play with their balls during foreplay so why not play with them yourself? The balls seem to get ignored during masturbation as many people strive to hit the main points as quickly as possible. So, instead of concentrating on the shaft or head, take a step back and slow things down. Start by incorporating some light ball play before you even begin to touch your shaft, tease yourself and really build up the anticipation.

7. Switch Positions

This one might not seem like a big deal but even doing something as little as changing the position that you are masturbating in can be a very sexy experience. Typically when we get into the pattern of masturbating, it's easy to become creatures of habit. We start getting into the same position, on the same bed every single time we decide to play with ourselves. So, it’s time to switch things up!

If you typically stand while you masturbate, try lying down. If you like to sit down, try standing up and see how it feels. You can also switch up exactly where you masturbate. So if you’re typically in the bedroom every time you stroke yourself, maybe switch it up and take things into the shower.

8. Experiment With a Cock Ring

It's easy to assume that a cock ring can only be used if you’re with a partner having sex, but there are actually plenty of benefits you still get just using it on your own! A cock ring is basically a band that goes around the base of your penis in order to keep blood flow within your erection and strengthen it. So, if you’re using a cock ring on your own - you’ll get to extend the time of your masturbation play! That is why using a cock ring set like the Magnum Force Erection Ring Set shown below, is an incredible masturbation technique.

9. Experiment With Edging

Edging can be an absolutely amazing experience when it comes to masturbation for anybody. To put it plainly, edging is an orgasm control technique. When a person stimulates themselves sexually but slows or momentarily stops masturbating just before reaching orgasm. They will then resume masturbating, continuing this process of reaching the “edge” of orgasm, holding off for as long as possible before experiencing an intense climax.

So, if this sounds like something you might enjoy - give it a try! Sit back and start playing with yourself. Once you get to a point where you feel like you’re close to orgasm, that’s when you want to stop everything. Take a few seconds to calm your system down, and then go back into it. You can do this multiple times until you’re ready to have the most intense orgasm of your life.

10. Use Your Non-Dominant Hand

If switching positions doesn’t seem like a fun enough technique to play around with, another option is to switch up which hand you are using. Typically when masturbating people will use their dominant hand because it’s easiest to navigate. However, using your non-dominant hand can be really kinky. It will feel like completely new territory and might even feel like someone else is playing with you!

11. Incorporate Anal Play

You know there’s no way that we could write this whole article without bringing up the amazing benefits of incorporating anal play into your masturbation routine! This is a really great way to spice things up, especially if you’ve never experimented with anal play before. The anal canal has a lot of nerve endings and can feel amazing when stimulated for anyone, but especially for people with a prostate. When the prostate is stimulated you can have a next-level orgasm that will take you over the edge.

Tip: Make sure you use LOTS of lubricant during anal play, as the anal canal does not lubricant itself. Take it slow, and stop if you are uncomfortable in any way!

You can start with simply stimulating the perineum, or taint. Put some spit or lube on your fingers and gently rub circles over the taint while you’re rubbing your shaft. If you’re looking for more, you can start playing with toys. There are plenty of prostate massagers, like the 7 Function Prostate Stimulator shown below, that are created specifically to target your prostate and will provide you with amazingly pleasurable results.

What's Your Favorite Penis Masturbation Technique? Let Us Know Below!

10 comments

John Nov 02, 2023

I have a neurological condition that prevents me from getting an erection. In order to please myself, I push in on the head of me penis so it goes back into the shaft. When done right this resembles a clitoris and vagina. I then take the top off a tube of Astroglyde and insert the top of the tube into my vagina and give it a good squeeze. I can insert my index and middle up to the second knuckle into the lube. Now all I need to do is rub my clitoris in different speeds and directions. The resulting orgasm is very intense as my fingers keep rubbing away as the semen flows out only adding to the lube.
william Sep 03, 2023

I’m a big proponent of edging . Get hard, masturbate vigorously, as you feel you’re about to cum, slow down, pinch off the base , wait a minute start again. Do this repeatedly, for at least an hour or two then watch the xplossion .
Big Daddy Buck Jun 13, 2023

My favorite technique is the stationary stroker. I like to get going a little and once I am in the groove, prostate massager. Makes me cum so hard it is crazy .
Danni Nov 14, 2022

I love to treat the tip of my penis like a woman does to her labia, and lube my finger until I can feel my flow rolling down my shaft. I also got my first dolphin vibrator with the metal balls…and that dolphin up my perineum, and the wiggly inside me makes me orgasm in ways I never imagined…
SRC Oct 18, 2022

All those forms of masturbation sound fun and intense. Personally, the one I like the best is with E-stim….Electrical Stimulation, using a TENS Machine and self adhesive pads. It sends a gentle electric buzz thru my genital that gives me the most intense orgasms I’ve ever had. I’ve been using E-stim for over 10 years, and love it. It took some time and experimentation to find the perfect pad placement for me to get the most pleasure. There are also different attachments for your cock, balls, and for anal insertion. There are also some that ladies enjoy. Granted, it’s not something that everyone would enjoy (my wife isn’t too fond of it) but for those that discover this form of sexual release and enjoy it, the payoff if incredible. I find it unfortunate that Too Timid doesn’t offer E-stim products. Perhaps they could look into including it in their inventory as an additional form of sexual pleasure.

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