In exceptionally general terms, there are three basic techniques employed. You want to be agile enough to switch tactics almost instantly as the course of the match unfolds.
The Blockade
This is comprised of building a 6-thick wall of pieces, or at least as thick as you might achieve, to barricade in your competitor’s pieces that are on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most adequate tactic at the start of the match. You can build the wall anyplace within your 11-point and your 2-point and then shuffle it into your home board as the match progresses.
The Blitz
This is comprised of locking your home board as fast as possible while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your challenger rolls an early 2 and moves one checker from your 1-point to your three-point and you then toss a 5-5, you are able to play 6/1 six/one 8/3 8/3. Your challenger is now in big-time dire straits seeing that they have two pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!
The Backgame
This course of action is where you have 2 or higher anchors in your competitor’s home board. (An anchor spot is a point consisting of at a minimum 2 of your checkers.) It should be used when you are extremely behind as this action greatly improves your chances. The better places for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s lower points and either on abutting points or with a single point in between. Timing is critical for a competent backgame: at the end of the day, there’s no reason having two nice anchor spots and a complete wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to break down this right away, while your challenger is getting their checkers home, owing to the fact that you do not have any other extra checkers to shift! In this situation, it is more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you are able to maintain your position up until your challenger provides you a chance to hit, so it can be a great idea to try and get your challenger to hit them in this case!