There is a strong mental aspect in every sport. You might want to read up some stuff on Sports Psychology - it's interesting stuff.
OTH, even though the "guiding" was anything but there, it acted as a cue that helped you direct the bar up (no much different from cues on squatting to fire up the glutes like a touch of the thumb on the side of glute or a pat on the lower back to remind to keep it neutral, or the verbal cue to drop quickly instead of fighting to get below parallel.)
When getting near your maximals, little cues or "guides" like that make it or break it. Use them to eventually get you there unassisted, but also get some reading on sports psychology and on visualizing your sports goals before attempting them.
Do you intensely visualize how you will perform a max lift with a specific poundage before every workout session? This is very important to do. In fact, I would say you need to do such a thing regularly during your resting days.
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