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In extraordinarily simple terms, there are 3 chief strategies used. You want to be agile enough to hop between techniques almost instantly as the course of the match unfolds.

The Blockade

This comprises of assembling a 6-thick wall of pieces, or at a minimum as thick as you are able to achieve, to lock in the opponent's pieces that are located on your 1-point. This is deemed to be the most suitable course of action at the start of the game. You can build the wall anywhere between your eleven-point and your 2-point and then move it into your home board as the game advances.

The Blitz

This is comprised of locking your home board as quick as as you can while keeping your challenger on the bar. For example, if your opponent rolls an early two and shifts one checker from your one-point to your 3-point and you then toss a 5-5, you can play 6/1 6/1 8/3 eight/three. Your competitor is then in serious difficulty because they have 2 pieces on the bar and you have locked half your home board!

The Backgame

This strategy is where you have 2 or more checkers in your competitor's inner board. (An anchor spot is a position occupied by at a minimum two of your pieces.) It must be used when you are extremely behind as it much improves your chances. The strongest locations for anchors are towards your opponent's lower points and either on abutting points or with a single point in between. Timing is critical for a powerful backgame: after all, there's no point having two nice anchors and a solid wall in your own inner board if you are then forced to dismantle this straight away, while your opposer is shifting their pieces home, owing to the fact that you do not have any other extra checkers to shift! In this case, it's more tolerable to have pieces on the bar so that you might maintain your position up till your opponent provides you a chance to hit, so it can be a good idea to try and get your opposer to get them in this situation!