In extraordinarily general terms, there are 3 fundamental strategies employed. You need to be able to hop between techniques quickly as the course of the game unfolds.
The Blockade
This consists of creating a 6-deep wall of pieces, or at least as deep as you are able to manage, to block in the competitor’s pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is considered to be the most suitable course of action at the start of the game. You can create the wall anywhere inbetween your 11-point and your two-point and then shift it into your home board as the game continues.
The Blitz
This is comprised of locking your home board as fast as possible while keeping your opposer on the bar. For example, if your competitor tosses an early two and shifts one checker from your 1-point to your 3-point and you then toss a 5-5, you are able to play six/one six/one 8/3 8/3. Your challenger is then in serious calamity taking into account that they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!
The Backgame
This plan is where you have two or more pieces in your opponent’s home board. (An anchor spot is a position consisting of at least 2 of your pieces.) It would be used when you are decidedly behind as it much improves your chances. The strongest places for anchor spots are towards your opponent’s lower points and also on adjacent 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 inner board if you are then forced to dismantle this straight away, while your competitor is moving their checkers home, because you don’t have any other additional checkers to move! In this situation, it is more tolerable to have checkers on the bar so that you are able to preserve your position up until your opponent provides you a chance to hit, so it can be an excellent idea to try and get your opponent to get them in this situation!