The aim of the research was to identify the effect of the use of competitive learning methods (self - comparative - group) on the performance of some basic skills (standing in deep water - catching and catching ball - swimming pool in water polo - swimming ball - ball pass) . The researcher used the experimental method on a sample of (40) female students in the fourth division of the Faculty of Physical Education Girls Zagazig University randomly divided into four groups, including three experimental groups, and a group of female officers each (10) students. Research tools: Evaluation of the level of performance of some basic skills in water polo - General mental ability test "Intelligence" - Educational program using competitive learning methods (self - comparative - collective). The most important results are: 1. The use of competitive learning methods (self-competition, comparative competition, group competition) has a positive effect on the performance of some basic skills (standing in deep water, catching and catching the ball, swimming in water polo, swimming with the ball, passing the ball, In the water ball. 2. The use of the usual method (learning orders) has a positive impact on the performance of some basic skills (in search) in water polo. 3. The method of collective competition is more effective than the methods of (self-competition - comparative competition - learning by orders) in learning some basic skills in water polo.