In extraordinarily general terms, there are 3 fundamental tactics employed. You must be able to hop between tactics quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This consists of assembling a 6-thick wall of checkers, or at a minimum as thick as you might manage, to barricade in the competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is judged to be the most adequate strategy at the begining of the match. You can build the wall anywhere within your 11-point and your two-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match continues.
The Blitz
This involves locking your home board as quickly as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. e.g., if your challenger rolls an early 2 and shifts one piece from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a five-five, you can play 6/1 six/one eight/three 8/3. Your competitor is now in big-time calamity taking into account that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your inside board!
The Backgame
This strategy is where you have two or more pieces in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor is a point consisting of at least 2 of your checkers.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as this strategy much improves your chances. The better areas for anchor spots are close to your opponent’s smaller points and also on adjoining points or with one point separating them. Timing is crucial for an effective backgame: besides, there’s no point having two nice anchors and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then required to break down this straight away, while your competitor is shifting their checkers home, owing to the fact that you don’t have any other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it is more favorable to have pieces on the bar so that you might maintain your position up until your opposer gives you an opportunity to hit, so it will be a wonderful idea to try and get your opposer to get them in this situation!