Clean black scuff marks off your floor

My son just got home from Russia. My husband was talking about how difficult it is to get scuff marks off the stairs he was having to clean. My son piped up and said, that is easy. Just use a tennis ball. He said they attach them to the end of a stick in Russia and they rub their floors with them. It will take the marks right off. I wonder if you can do this same thing on your doors. I will have to try it.