This video is a good introduction to the common strokes in massage, effleurage, sweeping, fanning, pulling, v-draining and nerve stroke.

Below, in parenthesis, is the minute where each stroke is demonstrated in the video.

Effleurage (1:00)
Sweeping (1:32)
Fanning (2:20)
Pulling (2:45)
V-Draining (3:35)
Nerve Stroke (4:40)
Cautions and Contraindications (4:56)

Effleurage is a versatile stroke, usually the easiest to learn and be used by most beginning massage students.