The water polo is thought to be an ideal teaching material to master swimming skills and ball game skills at once for students, but in fact there are very few physical education classes in which the water polo is teaching at Japanese universities. Therefore, the aim of this study was to design teaching plans using the water polo for physical education classes in the university, and to verify the educational effects and problems of this class. The lesson was held in an indoor 50m swimming pool at University of Tsukuba, and a total of 6 students participated the class. The two-day water polo intensive program was consisted of an actual training in the water and a classroom lecture. After the two-day water polo intensive program, participants’ skills relevant to the water polo, in particular treading water, dribbling the ball and reciprocate swimming were improved. According to the students’ description, they thought that they were able to improve their basic techniques about the water polo, but they felt a difficulty to use the basic techniques during the actual game. An overall evaluation by the students about the intensive course was quite high and the two-day program was too short to learn. From the above, it is suggested that water polo is a good material for learning swimming skills but also water safety and communication in the water. However the water polo is so tough the class should be held once a week like another classes. Based on these effects and problems, new teaching plan for water polo in the university was presented
