Water polo combines the sports characteristics of swimming, football, basketball and other projects, and has the advantages of low risk of sports injury, strengthening physique, improving water quality and cultivating team cooperation. However, due to its high entry “threshold”, and the swimming level of most ordinary college students still needs to be improved from “able to swim” to “good at swimming”, Therefore, the development among ordinary students in Colleges and universities in China has been in its infancy. Based on the demonstration, this paper analyzes and studies the development model of Water Polo Association of Tongji University, hoping to provide reference for the development of water polo of ordinary college students in China.