In exceptionally general terms, there are three fundamental strategies employed. You need to be agile enough to hop between techniques instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This comprises of building a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you can manage, to lock in your opponent’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most adequate procedure at the start of the match. You can create the wall anyplace between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the match advances.
The Blitz
This consists of closing your home board as fast as possible while keeping your competitor on the bar. i.e., if your competitor rolls an early two and moves one piece from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a five-five, you can play 6/1 6/1 8/3 eight/three. Your challenger is then in big-time calamity since they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have 2 or more checkers in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It must be used when you are extremely behind as this plan greatly improves your circumstances. The best places for anchors are near your competitor’s lower points and also on abutting points or with one point in between. Timing is critical for an effective backgame: besides, there is no point having 2 nice anchors and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break up this straight away, while your competitor is shifting their checkers home, taking into account that you do not have other spare checkers to move! In this situation, it’s better to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to maintain your position up till your competitor gives you a chance to hit, so it can be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your opponent to hit them in this case!