For example, a player has to hit "S5" (the small wedge of the 5). With the first dart he hits the "S5". He now has two darts to set a new target. He aims at double bull ("D25") and hits it. He may now choose to sit down and not throw the third dart and leave the "D25". Let's say that, for some insane reason, he decides to try for a double 18, and misses off the board. He now loses a life and the next player now must hit "S5". The next player now gets up and hits the "S5" on his third dart. He pulls his darts and throws his first dart and hits "T20" (triple 20). Satisfied, he sits down choosing not to throw the other two darts.

If a player sets a target and all other players fail to match the target, when it's that players turn again, no throw is necessary. The player may choose to stay seated and keep the same target number. If the player chooses to risk trying a turn, the player must hit the target same as everyone else. If the player misses a life is lost just as if he did not set the number that stumped everyone else. It is usually wiser to just leave the number and not take the risk.

Strategy: There really isn't much strategy, just make sure when you setting the next target number that your last tungsten dart hits and stays in the board. It's better to leave the next player a big fat single-20 as a target than to have your last dart bounce-out of the double-bull.

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Here are some suggestions for practice games:

170
 
Good for any playing strength, this is just a shortened version of 501, and most of you will know it. Just like 501 it is 170 straight start, finish on a double. The game focuses on finishing (doubles!) and a bit of score. It is encouraging because 170 is that big out shot you are looking for, and the result can be measured perfectly by the amount of tungsten darts needed to finish. Play a couple of 170s in your practice sessions and write down the tungsten darts you needed for each of them. You can watch progress by calculating averages for each day.

Round the board
 
For the beginner this is a perfect basic game. Throw for singles from 1 to 20 plus bull. Throw for each number until you hit it and count the tungsten darts you needed.
Round the board can be played in exactly this form with doubles and trebles. If you don't find it boring, it is a perfect game for practicing.

One alteration I was using heavily is this: shoot 3 darts at each number's treble from 1 to 20 and bull. Hitting the number's single scores 1 point, hitting the treble 3 points. This game is simple but very good, because it lets you go round the board, let you group darts around trebles and lets you always aim at a new high score. If you are beginner - average you will find your high score first around or beyond the 60 region. When you get better you will have 70+. 80+ is great, and above 100 is expert/pro level. This game is a good practice for trebles (cricket), but unfortunately doesn't do anything for doubles (except generally improving your accuracy).
 
Finishing
 
This game is a bit more demanding. You start from 60 points and try to shoot it out with 3 tungsten darts. If you miss to shoot out with 3, then you go down 1 point for the next throw. If you hit it, you go up 10 points, and so on as long as you like or until you reach more than can be shot out with 3 darts (let me know if you get that far...).
Example:

Throw 1: 60 - not finished

Throw 2: 59 - finished

Throw 3: 69 - not finished

            4: 68 - not finished

            5: 67 - finished

            6: 77 - not finished

25
 This is a very tough game suitable for good players. You start from 25 points and shoot 3 tungsten darts at each double from 1 to 20 + bull. Add hit double's value, and substract the double's value once if you fail to hit with 3. If you fall below 0 the game is over (lesser players can play with minus points allowed or start with more than 25 points to avoid frustration). If you reach bull and have a considerable score afterwards this is very good. I think there is an old world record above 600 points or so for this game.
Example:
Throw 1: D1 hit once,    27 points (25 + D1 = 27 + 2)

            2: D2 missed,     23 points (27 - D2 = 27 - 4)

            3: D3 missed,     17 points (23 - D3 = 23 - 6)

            4: D4 hit twice,    33 points (17 + 2xD4 = 17 + 2x8 = 17 + 16)

Of course, any other game you like that meets the requirements is great.

The above games are mainly meant for your longer practice sessions (1 hour and more), with 170 being an exception. This game is also very good for your short term practice. You can also play just one or two round the board variations in short term practice, but generally it is better to get for some often needed doubles, then going for some score and then go back to doubles or trebles just as long as you get some 'feeling' for the tungsten dart and your throw. In a short term practice session it is not so important how much you actually hit. Concentrating and getting the right feeling are much more important.

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Follow The Leader is a very simple yet fun game to play. It is very similar to the basketball game "Horse" (you may know that game under other names). It may be played by any number of players and is more fun with a lot of people. This game is actually pretty boring with only two players.

The Object: To win the game you must be the last player to have any lives left.

The Scoring: Players names are written in any order down the left side of the scoreboard. Usually, a throw of one dart each at bulls-eye with the closet player throwing first and the furthest throwing last. After the first game, the first player to get knocked out plays first and so on. Three tallies are marked next to each name to indicate the number of lives left.

The Play: The first player throws one tungsten dart left-handed (or right-handed if that player is a lefty) to set a random target. Because the first player has no chance to lose a life, the random throw is used to give the second player a fair chance.

The exact wedge or bulls-eye the tungsten dart landed is marked on the scoreboard. If the dart lands in the 5 between the triple ring and the bulls-eye, you would mark "S5" to indicate the small wedge of the 5. If the dart landed in the triple 5, you would write "T5". If the tungsten dart landed in the 5 between the triple and the double rings, you would write "B5" to indicate the big wedge of the 5. If the tungsten dart landed in the double 5, you would write "D5".

The next player now must try to land a tungsten dart in the exact same wedge of the board. If that player is fail with all three tungsten darts, one life is erased and the next player has a chance.

If the player is successful in matching the wedge any tungsten darts remaining in hand may now be used to score a new target. If the target was hit with the third dart, the player pulls the tungsten darts and has all three to establish a new target. All three tungsten darts need not been thrown in a turn the player may stop at any time after the number was matched and the last tungsten dart thrown at the board is the new target. The player may not make a choice of the darts thrown, only the last dart counts. If the player misses the board with the last dart that can be thrown, a life is lost and the target remains at the previous one set.

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Whenever discussion comes to practicing this is an almost immediate question. The answer mainly depends on your personal weaknesses.

Many players practice tungsten darts is mainly hammering 60s, then going around a few doubles or bulls and then back to 60s. This is of course nonsense. In many X01 leagues or tournaments you will see players scoring great but missing on the double. Unless you play on pro levels, most games will be decided on the double, not on score. So the main weakness of 'normal' players is hitting doubles. This means the most important practice for all kinds of players below pro level is practicing doubles in any form, and for beginner additional practice on singles is required.

A good practicing tungsten darts game must be:

Generally improving your accuracy all over the board;

Suitable for solitary;

Focusing on doubles and singles for x01 and on trebles and singles for cricket;

Challenging and demanding to your level of play, but not awkward difficult or frustrating but encouraging, fun and competitive;

At best not require chalking to keep you in rhythm.

So we can discard any '60 hammering' right from the scratch, and we can discard 501 itself as 501 practice because it focus too much on scoring.

Nice tungsten darts games come later, at the moment we talk about some more notes on the 'encouraging, fun and competitive' point. This is very important, because as stated above your practicing sessions should be motivating. So you have to give yourself some aims in practice, especially for your longer practice sessions. This is done best by monitoring your progress in some way. Monitoring of course requires that one thing few of us are able to keep when they are monitoring themselves: objectivity.

The best way to remain objective is writing down your achievements in a notebook. To do this the results of the games you are choosing must be available in the form of measurable quantities (thanks to Galilei's view of science: measure what's measurable, and make measurable what isn't at present).

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