In exceptionally general terms, there are three fundamental strategies employed. You want to be agile enough to hop between strategies instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This is composed of assembling a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as deep as you are able to achieve, to block in the competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the match. You can build the wall anywhere inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game progresses.
The Blitz
This involves closing your home board as quick as possible while keeping your challenger on the bar. e.g., if your challenger tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play six/one 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your opposer is now in big-time calamity considering that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inner board!
The Backgame
This tactic is where you have 2 or more anchors in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position consisting of at a minimum two of your checkers.) It must be played when you are extremely behind as this plan greatly improves your circumstances. The better areas for anchor spots are near your opponent’s smaller points and also on adjoining points or with one point separating them. Timing is important for a powerful backgame: besides, there’s no point having two nice anchor spots and a complete wall in your own home board if you are then required to break up this right away, while your opponent is shifting their checkers home, taking into account that you don’t have other additional checkers to shift! In this case, it’s more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you can maintain your position up till your opposer provides you an opportunity to hit, so it can be a wonderful idea to try and get your opposer to get them in this case!