In any backgammon strategy the objective is to slow your opponent down while you move around and off the board as quickly as possible.  Probably the most effective way to accomplish this is through backgammon free rolls which you obtain by blocking your opponent’s moves or hitting their checkers.

Even if your strategy revolves around a fast paced running game, you should still concentrate on creating backgammon free rolls for yourself and not just worrying about your checkers being hit.  Backgammon is a game where to be good you have to be an all around player and not focused on only one course of play.

Like everything else in backgammon, if you want to become proficient at creating opportunities to score backgammon free rolls, then you need to practice and probably the best place to do that is online.  Internet backgammon gives you access to thousands of other online backgammon players at any time of the day.  That type of opponent diversity is crucial. Having access to that many players, especially since they are from all over the world, is the single best place to find the type and amount of competition that you need to become an excellent backgammon player.  And, if you don’t believe me, go look up the bio for any professional backgammon player; chances are they got serious after they started playing online.

If you can master the art of creating situations that gain you backgammon free rolls, then you’ll be on your way to being a very competitive and profitable backgammon player.