If you go to YouTube and do a search, you'll find tons of videos showing how people tape their hockey sticks. There is no right way, there is no wrong way, there's just the way that you prefer.
I saw a video of a pro player who gets teased by his teammates because he doesn't really tape his stick at all. He likes the textured grip that comes standard on his stick, so he just takes about an eight inch piece of tape and randomly wraps it around the handle. Mostly so he can tell his teammates that he taped his stick.
Here are two videos that I like showing one way to do it. Maybe as I become more experienced I will change how I do it, but as a beginner, this works for now.
As for the color of the tape, that's another personal preference thing. Some say that using white tape lets the goalie pick up the puck off your stick easier when you shoot, but goalies say that they're too focused on tracking the puck to notice the color of the tape.
I use white tape, because that's what I bought when I got my stick. My granddaughter uses pink, except for a single strip of white that we put near the heel of her blade as a reminder to keep the puck there while stickhandling.
No need to overthink this.
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