Dr. Gylton Da Matta is the Founder and CEO of Alliance YOSA.

Dr. Gylton B. Da Matta Ph.D. – Alliance YOSA Founder, Head Director & CEO

Colorado State University – Sports Education – Pedagogy – Motor Behavior - Coaching Education – Sports Performance – Youth Sports Sciences - Sports Management Volleyball Executive Director – SportsEdTV

Cool Sports Unlimited – Sports for Environmental Awareness & Peace – Nets of Hope for Latin Countries (Americas and Europe; Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania & Ukraine)

Volleyball Champion – Upward USA Volleyball Carolina Region – North Hendersonville Club 2021

Volleyball Champion – Hickory USA Volleyball Carolina Region – North Hendersonville Club

Volleyball Champion – Queen City Regionals Charlotte USA Volleyball – Won Bid for USA Volleyball Nationals 2021 – North Hendersonville Club, North Carolina

Volleyball Champion – Power 4 Division – Denver, CO – Alliance YOSA U18’s and U16’s Boys Volleyball Teams

Volleyball Champion – USA Volleyball – Rocky Mountain Region Regionals, Feb 3-4, 2023,  U18’s 1st Place and U16’s 3rd Place.

Dr. Da Matta is an active member of the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association; of the IOA (International Olympic Academy); of the USA Volleyball High Performance; of the SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Education); AIESEP (International Association of Physical Education and Sports Schools in Higher Education) and the NAKHE (National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education).

Background as Author, Researcher and Consultant:

Volleyball Expertise for the XXI Century (2021) Volume I (Published in 2021).

Volleyball Expertise for the XXI Century (2022) Volume II (Editing and in submission). 

Academic mentor, volleyball instructor and consultant VoleiBrasil, USA Volleyball High Performance, Belgium Volleyball Federation and Danish Volleyball Federation (2021). 

Mentor, consultant for Graduate Student and coaching staff of Nebraska University through mentoring and collaborating with Ph.D. candidate Leandro Dutra (2020).

The expertise development process of the Brazilian national team. (2002-2010)

FIVB Technical Evaluation Reports U23 Men’s World-Championship 2013

FIVB Technical Evaluation Reports Men’s and Women’s World-Championship 2014.

Principles of social support systems towards long-term career development in team sports. (3) Redeeming the nature versus nurture debate embracing the deliberate practice theory, planning & periodization as basis for applied sciences in coaching. (2010)

Deliberate Practice Theory in Volleyball (2004); Advanced Assessment in PE (Dartfish, 2005)

Awesome Volleyball Videos & CD – For children and beginner coaches (2002)

Member of the International Council for YMCA – Houston Greater Area (1990-1994)

Member of the South American Volleyball Confederation – Coaching Education (1988-1990)

Post-Doc University of Barcelona – Sports Management & Sports Marketing International Internship Supervisor for Denmark.  Team Sports expertise research; High Performance; Applied Motor Learning and Motor Control in Health Research. 

Gylton is still a volleyball player. Charismatic, healthy and enthusiastic, Dr. Da Matta, who has a passion for teaching and coaching volleyball at the elite levels, loves talking about volleyball and learns a lot from his athletes and colleagues. In the field of volleyball, Dr. Da Matta is an Executive Director of Volleyball at SportsEdTV and recently has been promoted to Director of Education and Research.  In March of 2022, Dr. Da Matta has won the USA Volleyball Regionals tournament in North Carolina, earning a bid for the USA Volleyball Nationals in Indianapolis, IN.

From April through May of 2022, Dr. Da Matta documented the preparation of the Men’s and Women’s Brazilian National Teams for the FIVB Nations Volleyball League and now is writing about the documentation of their preparation for the FIVB World Championships in 2022.

In 2021, Dr. Da Matta published the 21st Century Volleyball Expertise book and published 80 instructional videos along with 30 volleyball blogs on volleyball scientific topics.

In 2019 through 2020, Dr. Da Matta coached the Barcelona Volleyball Women’s Professional team. While in Catalunya, he contributed for the qualification of the team for the European Championship and helped the U-19 Women’s team to be 2nd in the Royal Spanish National Championship.

Dr. Da Matta has coached the adult open division teams of SC Juniors VBC / USA Champion, men’s and women’s in 2005 earning the National Title in both divisions after training the teams for two full months.

From 1999-2004, Dr. Da Matta was a member of the Coaching staff of the University of South Carolina under Head Coach Kim Hudson. From 1997-1999, he was the assistant coach at Appalachian State University under Head Coach Dave Markland and from 1990-1995, he was a top coach of the Brazilian high-performance program through Olympico in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Recently, Dr. Da Matta has coached the professional Barca Women’s Volleyball team in Spain and now he has returned to coach the 18’s men’s and women’s team of Alliance YOSA (Youth Sports Academy-Partners of the Americas) in Fort Collins, CO.

In Brazil, Dr. Da Matta was a three-time National Champion as a setter and captain of the team. Dr. Da Matta was also a Youth Elite Volleyball Coach for the high performance Olympico Club, where he trained almost 200 top volleyball players who were selected to play for Brazilian National teams from 1985- 2004.

Eduardo Pires Ayala is a new asset at Alliance YOSA VBC.   In 2020, Eduardo collaborated with Dr. Da Matta to film, edit and publish some of the best instructional videos and blogs through SportsEdTV.   Eduardo has served as a Sports Marketing Assistant under Dr. Gylton Da Matta, where he helped with all media, blogs publications and videos revisions prior to their publications. 

As a student-Athlete, and senior Business and Marketing major at Lourdes University, he has played volleyball for almost a decade in his home country of Brazil under top volleyball coaches. Eduardo Ayala has competed in international tournaments in Chile and Brazil.  Eduardo was named All-American in the 2023 season as well as MVP of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Conference. He was also named the Male Athlete of the Year at Lourdes University. Eduardo is an outstanding outside hitter, team captain and an excellence instructor for both boys and girls.  Originally from Brazil, Eduardo lived in Asuncion  ,Paraguay, in Curitiba, Brazil and in Florida in the United States.  His volleyball skills reflects the diverse cultural background because he has played to the best coaches from multiple countries and he also speaks fluently three different languages (Portuguese, Spanish and English) .   Eduardo brings a national level college experience, a huge level of youth/ energy to relate with young players and the ability to inspire boys and girls to because an elite collegiate student-athlete. 

Renato Felizardo is a world-class volleyball player and a highly certified volleyball coach (FIVB Level III).  Renato has earned his Sports Science and Physical Education degree at the South University of Santa Catarina and has completed all volleyball certification/licenses to with more than 5 years of university qualifications. Renato is a world volleyball champion who won the FIVB Grand Champions Cup (1997), won two FIVB World Leagues (2005, 2004), as silver medalist in the Pan American Games (1999), was a FIVB World Champion U21 (1997); he is also gold medalist in the South American Championship (1996) and he won dozens of other world-class tournaments in Italy, Puerto Rico and Brazil.  Renato now joins YOSA as an elite coach for Boys, bringing his experience as an athlete and coach for the Brazilian professional league and who has played in the best clubs around the world, such as Sada Cruzeiro, Perugia, and Prisma Taranto, in Italy.  Renato Felizardo also wants to get his Masters in Sports Science in a top university in the United States.  

Cheyanne grew up in the Northern Colorado Volleyball Scene. I grew up playing for her school teams starting in 6th grade and started a competitive club in 8th grade. After playing all 4 years in high school, she went on to play college volleyball for a junior college in KS called Allen, where she earned an associates degree in Business, and then transferred to The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, playing libero until she earned her Bachelors of Business Management.

Dr. Dutra's International professional experience involves being a coach of the Brazilian Under-21 Men's Volleyball National Teams when he worked as a performance analyst (scouter) and assistant coach for 12 years (from 2006 to 2017). Dr. Dutra is a Brazilian Volleyball Confederation Instructor (CBV, Brazil). He earned a degree Ph.D. in Sport Sciences through the program of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). He also earned international certification as a coach through USA Volleyball Academy (2022). Dr. Dutra participated in the internationalization program at the Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL, USA) (from 2019 to 2020). Achievements: (1) South American Championship. Men's U21 Volleyball Team. Three Gold Medals (2006, 2012, 2014); (2) World Championship. Men's U21 Volleyball Team. Two Gold Medals (2007, 2009) and Silver Medal (2013); (3) Pan American Cup. Men's U21 Volleyball Team. Two Gold Medals (2012, 2015).

Coach Sammie started volleyball in middle school, she had been sure it was not her sport, but through Dr. Da Matta's coaching and belief in her, she went from barely making tryouts to playing Junior varsity as a sophomore in one season with him and his club.

Sammie's experience in club and volleyball in college has made her the athlete she is today by showing her how to work hard and to want to win for her team. She learned how to play safely and push limits. With a leap of faith, after her first year of college, she transferred to Iola, Kansas to finish her associates and play college volleyball. Having one of the best seasons of her volleyball career, she graduated in 2020 and returned home. Since her competitive years have stopped, she chose to take the opportunity to coach instead. Sammie's heart is to help girls find their way through volleyball and experience the lessons and memories they'll never forget.

Saulo Costa Ferreira  -  His volleyball Journey started when he was 15 years old.  He played in some of the best volleyball clubs in the world which includes countries like Spain, Italy, and Indonesia. Saulo is an entrepreneur with a deep passion for teaching volleyball to young people, both boys and girls.  Saulo is a leader of volleyball in Galicia and in Italy.  Saulo is the owner of Clan Volleyball brand.  He works in Galicia and is now mentored by Dr. Gylton Da Matta as he engages in becoming a top volleyball coach both for children, youth, and adults.  Saulo met Dr. Gylton Da Matta when Dr. Da Matta was the Head Volleyball Coach for the Barcelona women’s team and was a visiting professor supporting the research of Entropy (high technology to prevent injuries in volleyball players – blocking and attacking).  Saulo is studying Dr. Da Matta’s books, publications, blogs and published videos. Saulo Costa is also a top volunteer coach who wants to join the YOSA Virgin Islands volleyball camps at the University of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Saulo brings energy, enthusiasm and entrepreneurship to Alliance YOSA Boys and Girls Volleyball Club.