In exceptionally general terms, there are three basic strategies employed. You need to be agile enough to switch strategies instantly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This consists of creating a 6-deep wall of checkers, or at least as thick as you are able to manage, to block in your competitor’s checkers that are on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most adequate tactic at the start of the match. You can assemble the wall anyplace inbetween your eleven-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match advances.
The Blitz
This is composed of closing your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your competitor on the bar. e.g., if your opponent rolls an early 2 and moves one piece from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a 5-5, you can play 6/1 six/one eight/three 8/3. Your opposer is then in serious difficulty seeing that they have two pieces on the bar and you have closed half your home board!
The Backgame
This tactic is where you have two or higher pieces in your competitor’s inner board. (An anchor spot is a position consisting of at a minimum two of your checkers.) It would be employed when you are decidedly behind as this action greatly improves your circumstances. The best areas for anchors are towards your competitor’s smaller points and either on adjacent points or with a single point in between. Timing is essential for a powerful backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break up this straight away, while your opponent is moving their checkers home, because you do not have other extra pieces to move! In this case, it is more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to maintain your position until your challenger provides you an opportunity to hit, so it may be a wonderful idea to attempt and get your competitor to hit them in this case!