In very simple terms, there are 3 chief techniques employed. You need to be agile enough to hop between game plans quickly as the course of the match unfolds.
The Blockade
This is comprised of creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you can manage, to lock in the competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable procedure at the start of the match. You can create the wall anywhere inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the game progresses.
The Blitz
This involves locking your home board as quick as possible while keeping your opponent on the bar. For example, if your opponent rolls an early two and moves one checker from your one-point to your three-point and you then roll a 5-5, you can play six/one 6/1 8/3 8/3. Your competitor is then in big-time dire straits since they have 2 checkers on the bar and you have closed half your inner board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have 2 or higher anchors in your opponent’s inner board. (An anchor is a point occupied by at least two of your checkers.) It would be employed when you are significantly behind as this strategy much improves your circumstances. The better locations for anchor spots are close to your opponent’s lower points and either on adjacent points or with one point in between. Timing is essential for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there is no point having two nice anchor spots and a solid wall in your own home board if you are then forced to break down this right away, while your opponent is shifting their checkers home, seeing that you don’t have other extra pieces to shift! In this case, it is more favorable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up till your opponent provides you a chance to hit, so it may be a good idea to attempt and get your challenger to hit them in this situation!